NameTides

Alanna

Alanna was the #280 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,099 babies), and #816 in England & Wales and #611 in Canada.

Alanna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Alanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#280 (1,099)#816 (44)—#231 (7)#294 (14)#611 (49)
2024#290 (1,098)#708 (53)#476 (6)#253 (6)#320 (12)#753 (39)
2023#457 (677)#813 (44)——#190 (24)#773 (36)
2022#566 (531)#826 (43)—#418 (3)#164 (32)#1,313 (18)
2021#560 (548)#667 (58)#558 (5)#266 (6)#160 (30)#1,185 (21)
2020#561 (523)#700 (53)#429 (7)#192 (9)#187 (25)#596 (48)
2019#530 (577)#717 (54)#343 (10)#263 (6)#123 (45)#826 (34)
2018#556 (559)#650 (62)#502 (6)#218 (8)#142 (39)#800 (35)
2017#544 (568)#593 (71)#666 (4)#180 (11)#152 (37)#881 (31)
2016#561 (554)#684 (60)#383 (9)#211 (9)#133 (44)#1,043 (25)
2015#509 (620)#577 (74)#416 (8)#248 (7)#156 (37)#910 (29)
2014#526 (587)#486 (87)#477 (7)#171 (12)#108 (57)#731 (38)
2013#501 (599)#616 (66)#413 (8)#150 (13)#157 (39)#629 (46)
2012#489 (626)#647 (64)#525 (6)#187 (10)#118 (52)#660 (44)
2011#506 (580)#635 (63)#317 (12)#168 (12)#129 (50)#758 (36)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #280.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1930.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alanna is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 840 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alanna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #262ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #194NYMassachusetts: #207MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #359INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #205NJConnecticut: #220CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #228CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #254CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #263VAMaryland: #234MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #211AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #280NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #372ALGeorgia: #323GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #194TXFlorida: #142FL
Alanna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#64419
Quebec2025#6696

Alanna (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlannaCanadaGirls#61149
AlannaEngland & WalesGirls#81644
AlannaIrelandGirls#29414
AlannaNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
AlannaScotlandGirls—too few
AlannaUSGirls#2801,099
AlannaUSBoys—too few