Alanis

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alanis: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #358, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#358highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#736
1997	#658
1998	#737
1999	#752
2000	#930
2001	#1238
2002	#1104
2003	#1269
2004	#1312
2005	#1934
2006	#1502
2007	#2085
2008	#2721
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2011	#4049
2012	#1991
2013	#2460
2014	#2314
2015	#3615
2016	#2547
2017	#3229
2018	#3985
2019	#3151
2020	#2449
2021	#4634
2022	#3148
2023	#2504
2024	#3318

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 1997: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, #658 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #736 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alanis 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 Alanis in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	129	4 of 10	32
2000sbusiest	144	10 of 10	14
2010s	83	10 of 10	8
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Alanis 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Alanis'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#752	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#737	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#658	37	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #358, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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.

Alanah · #225, 31y
Alani · #1195, 21y
Alanna · #66, 48y
Alannah · #49, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Maira · #358, 29y
Neave · #359, 29y
Riya · #359, 29y
Anneka · #356, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aqib · #358, 29y
Cortney · #358, 16y
Ella-May · #358, 28y
Kaelan · #358, 30y

Alanis was ranked #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Alanis 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 Alanis without appearing here.

Alanis moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Alanis

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1785.
Yvonne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2341.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Alanis

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Alanis

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alanis went from #736 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alanis

Alanis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alanis by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Alanis at a glance

Alanis by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alanis 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 Alanis

Alanis and the names beside it

Alanis moved ahead of

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