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
Census
Alanie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 563 people with the first name Alanie, which placed it at #18,985 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#18,985
National first-name rank
People counted
563
563 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
60.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Alanie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alanie is Hispanic at 60.4%. The next largest groups are Black (16.9%) and White (15.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Alanie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Alanie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino60.4% · 340
- Black or African American16.9% · 95
- White15.1% · 85
- Two or more races4.4% · 25
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.2% · 18
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.
How common was Alanie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 563 people with the name Alanie, or 0.19 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #18,985 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Alanie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Alanie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alanie appears almost entirely female. Of the 561 people counted with this name, 99.5% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Alanie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alanie is Hispanic at 60.4%. The next largest groups are Black (16.9%) and White (15.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Alanie most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Alanie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 60.4% (340 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Alanie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Alanie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Alanie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Alanie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many people have the name Alanie?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.