NameTides

Alanis

Alanis was the #2,458 girls' name in the US in 2025 (72 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Alanis as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Alanis as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Alanis as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#2,458 (72)#3,705 (6)———
2024#2,067 (93)#3,319 (7)———
2023#1,802 (112)#2,504 (10)——#2,366 (8)
2022#1,870 (108)#3,149 (7)——#2,315 (8)
2021#1,739 (118)#4,634 (4)———
2020#2,196 (82)#2,449 (10)——#2,591 (7)
2019#1,933 (102)#3,151 (7)——#2,374 (8)
2018#2,179 (86)#3,985 (5)———
2017#1,828 (112)#3,229 (7)———
2016#1,996 (99)#2,547 (10)———
2015#1,566 (140)#3,615 (6)——#2,891 (6)
2014#1,314 (180)#2,314 (11)———
2013#1,289 (182)#2,460 (10)——#2,595 (7)
2012#2,189 (86)#1,991 (14)———
2011#2,695 (65)#4,049 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #1,289.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alanis is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alanis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,112FL
Alanis (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlanisCanadaGirls—too few
AlanisEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
AlanisNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlanisScotlandGirls—too few
AlanisUSGirls#2,45872
AlanisUSBoys#9,7147