Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alannah

Gender

Female

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Dear child.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alannah

Pronunciation

a-lannah, al(an)-nah

More about the name

Alannah is a feminine given name, a variant form of Alanna.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #756, 370 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1673, 123 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025123
2024143
2023146
2022170
2021206
2020228
2019260
2018312
2017293
2016320

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #427, 103 births); most recent 2025 (rank #705, 52 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202552
202438
202338
202245
202148
202054
201998
201891
2017103
201680

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #2526, 11 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20233
20226
20217
20207
20199
20187
20174
201611
20156
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #54, 130 births); most recent 2025 (rank #103, 46 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202546
202440
202340
202258
202156
202069
201987
2018112
2017110
201696

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #144, 31 births); most recent 2024 (rank #790, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
20234
2022–
20215
2020–
20193
20187
2017–
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #135, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #334, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20254
20247
20237
20223
20217
20207
20199
201814
201713
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1990 (rank #151, 25 births); most recent 2001 (rank #545, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence