How Many People Are Named Alanis?
people named Alanis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 101,419 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,400 babies named Alanis in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
182 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of ALAN. Canadian musician Alanis Morissette (1974-) was named after her father Alan. Her parents apparently decided to use this particular spelling after seeing this word in a Greek newspaper.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alanis in English. Counting Alanis and these spellings together, about 3,596 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alanis (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alanis alive today is about 15 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alanis first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2013, to 182 babies. In 2025, 79 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alanis has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,076, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #2,459.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,459 |
| Best rank | #1,076 (1996) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,823 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alanis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alanis were born in Florida than in any other state: about 447 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alanis was given 3.9 times as often in Florida, 2.7 times in New York and 2.2 times in New Jersey.
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