Recorded 1984–2025 · United States
Alanah was most popular in 2008, when 223 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,046 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,676, with 65 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,226 people named Alanah.
Alanah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1984, which makes it about 41 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 42 of the 42 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,226 American births named Alanah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,188 are estimated to be alive today.
65 American babies were named Alanah in 2025, ranking #4,676 that year.
Alanah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 94 births a year, against 189 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -50% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Alanah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 4,226 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,188 Americans named Alanah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 10 and 22. That is a narrow band: Alanah arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org