girls:
8.7k births since 1883
#1743 (70th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1928
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
8.7k births since 1883
#2893 (63rd percentile)
The name Alene is the #2,893 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,742 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 62.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,743 (69.5% percentile) for all time with 8,737 births since 1883. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1928.
Alene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for girls and 1928 for boys). Birth data for Alene is available in 137 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (137 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 Alene has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Alene reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 37.9% percentile (ranked #371) with 205 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 212 births per million (ranked 37.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Alene ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alene reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #543) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1928.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alene".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Alene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.7% confident that Alene is pronounced as uh-LEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-LEEN, at 13.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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