girls:
24.8k births since 1930
#907 (84th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 1989
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
24.8k births since 1930
#1615 (79th percentile)
The name Alanna is the #1,615 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24,813 recorded births since 1930. This represents the 79.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 79.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #907 (84.1% percentile) for all time with 24,806 births since 1930. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1989.
Alanna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1930 (1930 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Alanna is available in 84 out of the 94 years between 1930 and 2023 (84 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Alanna has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Alanna reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 56.7% percentile (ranked #411) with 386 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 386 births per million (ranked 56.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Alanna is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #411 (56.7% percentile) with 386 births per million.
For boys, Alanna reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #751) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alanna".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Alanna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.4% confident that Alanna is pronounced as uh-LA-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LAH-nuh, at 18.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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