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Alanis

#2,459 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly noble, through Alan

Alanis has been given to 3,400 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #2,459 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 182 recorded.

Babies named Alanis, 2025

1 in 46,000

Alanis over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alanis: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly noble, through Alan

Celtic languages

What Alanis means

Alanis belongs to the name family reached through Alanis → Alan. Its meaning is “noble”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A feminine form of Alan best known for the Canadian singer Alanis Morissette whose father was named Alan.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Alanis (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Alanis is used in English. Its origins include Celtic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,393 girls were recorded with the name Alanis between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 182 in 2013; its best national rank was #1,076 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,196 in 2020 to #2,459 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,567 in 2015 to #2,459 in 2025.

In the United States, 7 boys were recorded with the name Alanis between 2025 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2025; its best national rank was #9,755 in 2025.

How common is Alanis?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,000
72 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 22,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,459
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alanis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alanis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alaniss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alanis was born before 2010 — so the typical Alanis is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
79.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,393
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.8% of all recorded uses (1,148).

Is Alanis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−389
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−263
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−892
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.51×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.6%
Peak was 2013 (182)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
25.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,076
1996

Spellings of Alanis

Alanis is not the most common spelling — Alexis is, with 52.6% against Alanis's 0.52%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Alanis is used

Across 2016–2025, Alanis was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 5,263 girls, against 1 in 14,568 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

119 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 5,263
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 9,091
  3. 3New York1 in 11,111
  4. 4Arizona1 in 12,500
  5. 5Texas1 in 16,667
  6. 6California1 in 20,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 20,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Alanis around the world

Where Alanis ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1996–2003
    #553
    in 2003
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–1997
    #358
    in 1997
  • France
    1996–2019
    #6,832
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1996–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1996–2004
    #700
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Alanis

People whose public names include Alanis, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Alanis in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Alanis. Linked forms have their own page here.

AlanaAlanna

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Alanis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,459
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 263
Best rank ever
#1,076
1996
Peak year
2013
182 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,393
Count in 2025
72

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,755
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#9,755
2025
Peak year
2025
7 that year
First recorded
2025
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Alanis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AlaiyaAlanahAlauraAlaylaAlasiaAlaineAlannisAlaskaAlaiahAlahnaAlaraAlaiyahAlaysiaAlanniAlayahAlanieAlayshaAlaunaAlahniAlaniaAlannahAlayiaAlajahAlaila

Names with a curve like Alanis

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Alanis, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EmoniKylerBaileighGraysonKerriganJaycieEmaniJustyceKyrahNiyahHarlieDelanie

Sibling names for Alanis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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