Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Alanna name popularity since 1925
27,019 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alanna. Half of them were born in 2005 or earlier, so the typical Alanna is about 21 years old in 2026. Alanna peaked in 2025 as the #280 name for girls, and it ranked #280 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,019
- Named Alanna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #280
- for girls in 2025 (1,099 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 27,012 girls · 7 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.05× its national share
Peak year is the year Alanna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alanna births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Alanna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2020 and 2025, Alanna became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 3,090 baby girls to 1 in 1,460.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Alanna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alanna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alanna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 25 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 175 | 0 | #2,918 |
| 1950s | 423 | 0 | #1,907 |
| 1960s | 499 | 0 | #1,829 |
| 1970s | 1,449 | 0 | #879 |
| 1980s | 2,917 | 7 | #630 |
| 1990s | 5,030 | 0 | #508 |
| 2000s | 6,175 | 0 | #493 |
| 2010s | 5,843 | 0 | #509 |
| 2020–25 | 4,476 | 0 | #280 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
35.1% of babies named Alanna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Alanna is most popular
The index compares Alanna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alanna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.05× | 1,759 |
| Massachusetts | 1.83× | 1,029 |
| Arizona | 1.59× | 488 |
| Connecticut | 1.57× | 403 |
| New Jersey | 1.44× | 937 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alanna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alanna (this page) | 27,012 | 2025 |
| Alana | 68,264 | 2025 |
| Alannah | 7,392 | 2015 |
| Alianna | 5,538 | 2024 |
| Allana | 3,128 | 1999 |
| Alonna | 2,646 | 2010 |
| Alyanna | 2,010 | 2012 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alanna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alanna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alanna (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data