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Girl name

Alanda

100% girls · last recorded 2012

Alanda has been given to about 731 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1976, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 689
Median age today49 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Alanda per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1976 · 34
  • Born in 20250
  • All time731

How popular is Alanda?

Its best year was 1976, when 34 babies were given the name, ranking 2388th. The typical living American called Alanda is about 49 years old today.

Names that sound like Alanda

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Amanda0.88
  2. Alana0.81
  3. Alanna0.81
  4. Lawanda0.79
  5. Maranda0.79
  6. Tawanda0.79
  7. Yolanda0.74
  8. Malinda0.74

Middle names for Alanda

Ranked by flow score
  1. Alanda Rose0.89
  2. Alanda Louise0.89
  3. Alanda June0.88
  4. Alanda Pearl0.88
  5. Alanda Quinn0.88
  6. Alanda Nell0.88

Sibling names for Alanda

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Larasister · 0.72
  2. Georginasister · 0.71
  3. Bridgetsister · 0.71
  4. Damonbrother · 0.69
  5. Rockybrother · 0.65
  6. Barronbrother · 0.65

Where Alanda is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Alanda White0.84
    2. Alanda Reyes0.84
    3. Alanda Nguyen0.84
    4. Alanda Moore0.84
    5. Alanda Lee0.84
    6. Alanda Hill0.84

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Alanda

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.