Is Alanis a boy or girl name?

Alanis is a girl’s name. Of the 3,400 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.8% were girls and 0.2% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Alanis’s peak in 2013. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Alanis

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