Alanie
A feminine variant of the Greek name Alan meaning "handsome, pretty".
Name Census estimates that about 877 living Americans carry the first name Alanie. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Alanie today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Alanie births was 2020 (53 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Alanie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
877
~ 1 in 390,826 Americans
Peak year
2020
53 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,810
Tracked since 1992
Popularity
Alanie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Alanie from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 388 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Alanie remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alanie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Alanie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Alanies live
The SSA's state-level files cover 7 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Alanie, while New Jersey, Louisiana, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 46 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Alanie
The name Alanie is a relatively modern variation of the French feminine name Alaine, which itself is derived from the Germanic name Alana. The name Alana is believed to have originated in the early medieval period, around the 5th or 6th century CE. It is thought to be a feminine form of the male name Alan, which comes from the Breton Celtic word "alen" meaning "little rock" or "harmony."
The earliest known recorded use of the name Alaine dates back to the 12th century in France. It was particularly popular among the French nobility and upper classes during the Middle Ages. One notable early bearer of the name was Alaine de Bretagne, a 13th-century Duchess of Brittany who lived from around 1200 to 1221.
In the 14th century, the variant spelling Alaine appeared in historical records in England, likely brought over by Norman nobility after the Norman Conquest of 1066. One of the earliest recorded English bearers of the name was Alaine de Plunkenet, who lived in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
The name Alanie itself is a more recent variation that emerged in the 20th century, possibly influenced by the spelling of the French region of Alania or the Alans, an ancient Iranian nomadic group who migrated across Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries CE.
Other notable historical figures with the name Alanie or its variants include Alaine de Lille (c. 1116-1202), a French theologian and poet; Alaine de Rohan (c. 1190-1262), a French noblewoman and crusader; and Alaine de Roucy (c. 1330-1404), a French noble and military leader during the Hundred Years' War.
People
Alanie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Alanie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Alanie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alanie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 877 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Alanie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 390,826 US residents.
Is Alanie a common name?
We classify Alanie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 89.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 886 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Alanie most popular?
The single biggest year for Alanie was 2020, when 53 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Alanie is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Alanie a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Alanie in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.