Allanah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAH-na
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Allanah is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Allanah mean?
Celtic: spelling of Alana; feminine form of Alan
A feminine form of Alan, a Breton name brought to Britain after the Norman Conquest.
Meaning borrowed from Alana. More on Wiktionary.
Is Allanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Allanah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Allanah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Allanah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Allanah in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 219 girls in the UK were given Allanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Allanah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 26 | #923 |
| 1998 | 22 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Allanah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Allanah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the fewest girls named Allanah since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Allanah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,207 girls in the US were given Allanah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #161, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Allanah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
Names like Allanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aaminah, Ayah, Alannah, Sumayyah, Amira, Safa, Zainab, Nusaybah, Amaya, Ruqayyah, Aasiyah
Other spellings of Allanah
Names related to Allanah
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Sabrina, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Cedric, Clyde, Joyce, Mael
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Allanah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/allanah, updated 20 October 2026.