Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Alanis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alanis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alanis” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Alanis” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Alanis” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Alanis” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Alanis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alanis” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 172 0.00004716 172 100%
1997 148 0.000040819 148 100%
1998 108 0.000029362 108 100%
1999 151 0.000040879 151 100%
2000 107 0.000028308 107 100%
2001 119 0.000031789 119 100%
2002 115 0.000030763 115 100%
2003 94 0.000024722 94 100%
2004 110 0.000028789 110 100%
2005 98 0.000025489 98 100%
2006 141 0.00003564 141 100%
2007 99 0.000024764 99 100%
2008 86 0.000021879 86 100%
2009 97 0.000025392 97 100%
2010 96 0.000025976 96 100%
2011 65 0.00001777 65 100%
2012 86 0.000023514 86 100%
2013 182 0.000049922 182 100%
2014 180 0.000048565 180 100%
2015 140 0.000037829 140 100%
2016 99 0.000026985 99 100%
2017 112 0.000031318 112 100%
2018 86 0.00002446 86 100%
2019 102 0.000029387 102 100%
2020 82 0.000024547 82 100%
2021 118 0.000034829 118 100%
2022 108 0.000031923 108 100%
2023 112 0.000033825 112 100%
2024 93 0.000027941 93 100%

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