Allanah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Allanah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #398 in 2005, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#398highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1287
1998	#1036
1999	#1060
2000	#1389
2001	#1439
2002	#1530
2003	#1383
2004	#1715
2005	#1343
2006	#2320
2007	#5201
2008	#3397
2009	#1526
2010	#1993
2011	#2275
2012	#2095
2014	#2464
2015	#2496
2016	#2757
2017	#1817
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2023	#5687

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 26 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2010: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1993 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 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
Highest recorded1996–2010
Highest recorded position: #398 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Allanah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 294 births with the name.

Allanah across 2 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.

Allanah'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
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#1036 (1998)	#5687 (2023)	26 of 28	294 (1996–2023)	20 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1996)	#398 (2005)	#758 (2010)	11 of 15	47 (1996–2010)	8 (2005)

Allanah 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 Allanah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	70	4 of 10	18
2000sbusiest	118	10 of 10	12
2010s	95	9 of 10	11
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Allanah 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 2023. Highest recorded position: #398 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Allanah'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1036	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #398, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 1996.

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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Allana · #536, 29y
Allegra · #630, 29y
Allen · #76, 68y

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.

Arjan · #398, 29y
Daley · #398, 27y
Diyar · #398, 22y
Harriette · #397, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arjan · #398, 29y
Boston · #398, 24y
Cavan · #398, 28y
Daley · #398, 27y

Allanah was ranked #398 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Allanah 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 Allanah without appearing here.

Allanah moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3397 and #3860.
Tyler Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2275 and #1665 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2095 and #2521.
Vicki Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1287 and #1015 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1036 and #1319.
Cassandra Compare
In 2009 they stood at #842 and #624 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #910.

Moved ahead of Allanah

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Mona Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2042.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Allanah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Allanah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Allanah went from #1112 to #5687 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #398 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Allanah

Allanah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Allanah across 2 official records

Allanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Allanah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Allanah and the names beside it

Allanah moved ahead of

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Allanah at a glance

Allanah across 2 official records

Allanah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Allanah 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 Allanah

Allanah and the names beside it

Allanah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Allanah

Moved the opposite way to Allanah

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