Alanah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alanah: Recorded since 1992, it reached #225 in 2001, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#225highest recorded position
13groupings 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	#891
1997	#672
1998	#724
1999	#794
2000	#833
2001	#753
2002	#735
2003	#759
2004	#948
2005	#736
2006	#958
2007	#1384
2008	#1135
2009	#1411
2010	#1584
2011	#1438
2012	#1342
2013	#1177
2014	#1299
2015	#1139
2016	#1920
2017	#1911
2018	#1887
2019	#2040
2020	#1939
2021	#1569
2022	#1849
2023	#1469
2024	#2574

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 23 of the 31 years from 1992 to 2022.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1849 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1992–2022
Highest recorded position: #225 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1992–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alanah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 697 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1992.

Alanah 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.

Alanah'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	#523 (1992)	#225 (2001)	#905 (2022)	23 of 31	160 (1992–2022)	16 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#891 (1996)	#672 (1997)	#2574 (2024)	29 of 29	697 (1996–2024)	40 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#339 (2002)	#273 (2004)	#430 (2010)	3 of 9	11 (2002–2010)	5 (2004)

Alanah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Alanah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	120	4 of 10	30
2000sbusiest	293	10 of 10	29
2010s	205	10 of 10	21
2020s	79	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alanah 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 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #225 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Alanah'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1139	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1299	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1135	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#958	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#736	40	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#948	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#759	36	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#735	35	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#753	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#833	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#794	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#724	32	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#672	36	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#891	24	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	15	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #225, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 10 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

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Jed · #224, 30y
Aleesha · #227, 29y
Chelsie · #227, 27y
Darach · #227, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alaya · #225, 26y
Aman · #226, 29y
Bailie · #224, 26y
Cathaoir · #226, 21y

Alanah was ranked #225 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2001. 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.

Alanah 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 Alanah without appearing here.

Alanah moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #4535.
Rachael Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #3519.
Karen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1569 and #3192.

Moved ahead of Alanah

Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1139 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1920 and #768.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1541.
Dylan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Alanah

Abigail Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 while Abigail went from #417 to #84.
Alex Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 while Alex went from #523 to #284.
Alice Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 while Alice went from #89 to #29.
Anna Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 while Anna went from #69 to #25.

Moved the same way as Alanah

Aoife Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 and Aoife from #4 to #30.
Audrey Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 and Audrey from #229 to #905.
Eileen Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 and Eileen from #161 to #357.
Margaret Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alanah went from #523 to #905 and Margaret from #41 to #174.

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 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #225 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alanah

Alanah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alanah across 3 official records

Alanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alanah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Alanah

Alanah and the names beside it

Alanah moved ahead of

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Alanah at a glance

Alanah across 3 official records

Alanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alanah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Alanah

Alanah and the names beside it

Alanah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alanah

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