Alanna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alanna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alanna: Recorded since 1973, it reached #66 in 2003, and it stood at #294 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
105times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#571
1997	#520
1998	#514
1999	#590
2000	#615
2001	#685
2002	#463
2003	#438
2004	#483
2005	#435
2006	#469
2007	#512
2008	#521
2009	#478
2010	#555
2011	#635
2012	#647
2013	#616
2014	#486
2015	#577
2016	#684
2017	#593
2018	#650
2019	#717
2020	#700
2021	#667
2022	#826
2023	#813
2024	#708

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 48 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

In 2024: #253 among girls in Northern Ireland, #320 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #476 among girls in Scotland, #708 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #508 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1973–2025
Highest recorded position: #66 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 1973–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #294 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alanna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 1,687 births with the name.

Alanna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alanna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#508 (1973)	#66 (2003)	#294 (2025)	48 of 53	1,687 (1973–2025)	89 (2004)
England and Wales · Girls	#571 (1996)	#435 (2005)	#708 (2024)	29 of 29	1,810 (1996–2024)	87 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#116 (1997)	#91 (2007)	#253 (2024)	27 of 28	323 (1997–2024)	23 (2007)

Alanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alanna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	6	2 of 10	3
1980s	88	10 of 10	9
1990s	320	10 of 10	32
2000sbusiest	672	10 of 10	67
2010s	464	10 of 10	46
2020s	137	6 of 10	23

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 67 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 26, from 53 to 79.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Alanna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Alanna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#708	53	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#813	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#826	43	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#667	58	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#700	53	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#717	54	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#650	62	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#593	71	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#684	60	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#577	74	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#486	87	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#616	66	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#647	64	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#635	63	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#555	72	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#478	85	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#521	74	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#512	73	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#469	82	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#435	85	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#483	70	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#438	79	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#463	67	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#685	37	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#615	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#590	45	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#514	53	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#520	51	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#571	43	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#211	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#187	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#168	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#131	17	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#91	23	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#137	15	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#148	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#128	14	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#102	20	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#128	15	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#100	20	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#143	13	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#181	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#121	17	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#116	19	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	24	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	32	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	30	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	25	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	45	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	39	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	37	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	44	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	37	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	57	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	39	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	52	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	50	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	64	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	66	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	79	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	53	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	71	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	70	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	89	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	75	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	62	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	56	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	51	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	49	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	52	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	37	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	49	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	28	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	28	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	22	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#308	10	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	17	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1973 and 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 2003.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 89 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Alanis · #358, 29y
Alannah · #49, 42y
Alara · #179, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jody · #67, 45y
Dane · #62, 45y
Clinton · #59, 46y
Janette · #58, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Jody · #67, 45y
Penny · #67, 31y
Aoibhin · #68, 36y
Erle · #64, 44y

Alanna was ranked #66 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alanna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alanna without appearing here.

Alanna moved ahead of

Angela Compare
In 2023 they stood at #813 and #794 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #708 and #1198.
Ida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #508 and #508 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #84 and #546.
Julie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #685 and #612 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #463 and #861.
Gemma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #647 and #580 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #616 and #982.

Moved ahead of Alanna

Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #555 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #635 and #261.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #635 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #647 and #284.
Hanna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #266 and #298 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #418 and #162.
Scarlett Compare
In 2008 they stood at #131 and #138 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #309 and #60.

Moved the opposite way to Alanna

Aisling Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 while Aisling went from #44 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 while Alison went from #71 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 while Amanda went from #37 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 while Andrea went from #106 to #304.

Moved the same way as Alanna

Abigail Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 and Abigail from #374 to #115.
Ada Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 and Ada from #508 to #45.
Alice Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 and Alice from #140 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanna went from #508 to #294 and Amelia from #331 to #12.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alanna

Alanna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alanna across 3 official records

Alanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alanna appears in

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Alanna across 3 official records

Alanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Alanna and the names beside it

Alanna moved ahead of

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