Alanis
Girl · Celtic
Alanis is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
What does Alanis mean?
Celtic
A female given name from the Celtic languages.
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Is Alanis a girl's or a boy's name?
Alanis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 72 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Alanis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Alanis, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alanis in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Alanis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 31 | #803 |
| 1998 | 32 | #789 |
| 1997 | 47 | #618 |
| 1996 | 35 | #719 |
How popular is Alanis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Alanis, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,196th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995. 7 boys were also named Alanis in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Alanis than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Alanis in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alanis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 93 | #2,067 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,802 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,870 |
| 2021 | 118 | #1,739 |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,196 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,933 |
| 2018 | 86 | #2,179 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,828 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2015 | 140 | #1,566 |
| 2014 | 180 | #1,314 |
| 2013 | 182 | #1,289 |
| 2012 | 86 | #2,189 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 97 | #2,090 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 99 | #2,059 |
| 2006 | 141 | #1,546 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 110 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,924 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,605 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,559 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,646 |
| 1999 | 151 | #1,241 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,541 |
| 1997 | 148 | #1,210 |
| 1996 | 172 | #1,076 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
Names like Alanis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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