Alannah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alannah: Recorded since 1983, it reached #49 in 2003, and it stood at #103 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#49highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Alannah's record

Held a top-100 place for 26 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#388
1997	#357
1998	#418
1999	#436
2000	#380
2001	#435
2002	#372
2003	#390
2004	#433
2005	#459
2006	#475
2007	#493
2008	#467
2009	#500
2010	#463
2011	#545
2012	#509
2013	#466
2014	#468
2015	#532
2016	#529
2017	#427
2018	#472
2019	#430
2020	#683
2021	#767
2022	#796
2023	#921
2024	#934

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 42 of the 43 years from 1983 to 2025.

In 2024: #117 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #227 among girls in Northern Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #934 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1983–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1983–2025
Highest recorded position: #49 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 1983–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #103 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alannah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 42 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 2,781 births with the name.

Alannah 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.

Alannah'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	#529 (1983)	#49 (2003)	#103 (2025)	42 of 43	2,781 (1983–2025)	130 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#388 (1996)	#357 (1997)	#934 (2024)	29 of 29	2,256 (1996–2024)	103 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#194 (1997)	#131 (2008)	#227 (2024)	28 of 28	286 (1997–2024)	17 (2008)

Alannah 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 Alannah in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	20	6 of 10	3
1990s	282	10 of 10	28
2000sbusiest	1,117	10 of 10	112
2010s	1,053	10 of 10	105
2020s	309	6 of 10	52

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 112 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1995 and 1996, when recorded births rose by 31, from 12 to 43.

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

Alannah 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 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #49 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Alannah'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	#934	38	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#921	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#796	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#767	48	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#430	98	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#472	91	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#427	103	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#529	80	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#532	81	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#468	92	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#466	90	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#509	85	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#545	76	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#463	89	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#500	81	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#467	86	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#493	79	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#475	81	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#459	80	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#433	83	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#390	93	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#372	92	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#435	70	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#380	85	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#436	69	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#418	73	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#357	91	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#388	85	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#228	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#200	9	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#151	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#164	13	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#175	12	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#191	10	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#135	17	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#194	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#131	17	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#139	15	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#170	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#150	12	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#191	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#135	14	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#141	14	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#164	11	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#194	9	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	46	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	40	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	40	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	58	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	56	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	69	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	87	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	112	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#57	110	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	96	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	83	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	106	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	120	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	104	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#62	122	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	113	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	123	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	130	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	117	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	121	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#51	123	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	113	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	117	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	93	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#52	96	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	84	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	58	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	44	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#85	61	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	43	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	23	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	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
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 1983 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #49, first reached in 2003.

It held a top-100 place in 26 years, 26 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 130 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 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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Alanna · #66, 48y
Alara · #179, 28y
Alaric · #1635, 22y

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.

Dion · #50, 46y
Alva · #47, 47y
Arran · #51, 40y
Aodhan · #52, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Alana · #49, 46y
Linus · #49, 34y
Milla · #49, 32y
Ariana · #50, 34y

Alannah was ranked #49 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.

Alannah 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 Alannah without appearing here.

Alannah moved ahead of

Astrid Compare
In 2006 they stood at #529 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #61 and #842.
Violet Compare
In 2006 they stood at #488 and #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #61 and #842.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #380 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #435 and #871.
Brooke Compare
In 1996 they stood at #529 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #85 and #496.

Moved ahead of Alannah

Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #463 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #545 and #261.
Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #390 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #433 and #155.
Camilla Compare
In 2019 they stood at #430 and #491 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #683 and #445.
Riley Compare
In 2015 they stood at #532 and #539 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #529 and #301.

Moved the opposite way to Alannah

Aimee Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 while Aimee went from #219 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 while Aisling went from #31 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 while Alison went from #73 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 while Amanda went from #45 to #608.

Moved the same way as Alannah

Amelia Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 and Amelia from #401 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 and Annie from #224 to #33.
Ava Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 and Ava from #401 to #26.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alannah went from #529 to #103 and Caoimhe from #167 to #31.

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 1983 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #49 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alannah

Alannah at a glance

What stands out in Alannah's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alannah across 3 official records

Alannah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Alannah across 3 official records

Alannah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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