How rare is the name Alanna?

20,264 people in the United States have the first name Alanna, about 1 in 14,905. It ranks #1,589 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALANNA

#1,589

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,264
About
1 in 14,905
This common or more
75.8%
Who bears it

Of the 20,264 people named Alanna, 57.4% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alanna peaked in 2025, when 1,099 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19302025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,099
In 2025*
1,099
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 27,019 babies have been given the name since 1930. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alanna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #857. The largest share of babies named Alanna, 35.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#8,28425
1940s#3,659175
1950s#2,624423
1960s#2,617499
1970s#1,5721,449
1980s#1,1452,924
1990s#9405,030
2000s#9146,175
2010s#1,0265,843
2020s#8574,476
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–642.9%
Generation X 1965–807.4%
Millennials 1981–9622.8%
Generation Z 1997–1235.1%
2013 and later31.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alanna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alanna has been most common in Florida (2.2×), Massachusetts (1.8×), and Arizona (1.7×), and least common in Kansas (0.22×).

23,429 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alanna

#1,587 Marcelo · 20,317#1,588 Reece · 20,295#1,590 Rena · 20,224#1,591 Alberta · 20,221

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alanna, most common first.

#848 Alana · 54,144#1,079 Alaina · 38,346#1,378 Alayna · 25,758#3,688 Alannah · 5,509#5,661 Alianna · 2,983#7,635 Alonna · 1,979#10,118 Alyanna · 1,333#14,737 Alahna · 794

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