Alanis
Recorded 1995–2025 · United States
Alanis was most popular in 2013, when 182 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,303 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,142, with 79 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,400 people named Alanis.
Alanis over time
How old is the name Alanis?
Alanis first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1995, which makes it about 30 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 31 of the 31 years since.
How many people are named Alanis?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,400 American births named Alanis 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 3,370 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Alanis in 2025?
79 American babies were named Alanis in 2025, ranking #4,142 that year.
Is Alanis getting more or less popular?
Alanis is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 102 births a year, against 131 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -22% 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.
Is Alanis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Alanis is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 3,400 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% 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.
How old is someone named Alanis?
Roughly 3,370 Americans named Alanis are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 9 and 24.
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.
Where Alanis is most concentrated
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