# Alanah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alanah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,226 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,226 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 708, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare spelling variant of Alana, the feminine form of Alan.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 190 | 1,257 |
| 2012 | 216 | 1,136 |
| 2013 | 196 | 1,228 |
| 2014 | 181 | 1,308 |
| 2015 | 162 | 1,425 |
| 2016 | 157 | 1,465 |
| 2017 | 155 | 1,451 |
| 2018 | 115 | 1,774 |
| 2019 | 100 | 1,949 |
| 2020 | 90 | 2,051 |
| 2021 | 130 | 1,612 |
| 2022 | 101 | 1,954 |
| 2023 | 91 | 2,107 |
| 2024 | 85 | 2,218 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,648 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,342 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 30 | 1,139 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Alanah

- Alanah Pearce, Australian video game writer and journalist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.