Alana Girl
How popular is Alana?
#140 girl name in 2025
2,085 baby girls were named Alana in the US in 2025, making it the 140th most popular girl name.
Alana popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #140 for girls (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,085 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #202 in 2015, #206 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (2,461 girls) |
| Highest rank | #140 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1930 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alana family of names ranked #81 for girls in 2025 (#87 the year before), with 3,791 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alana | 2,085 | 55% |
| Alanna | 1,099 | 29% |
| Alannah | 123 | 3% |
| Alanah | 65 | 2% |
| Ailana | 205 | 5% |
| Allana | 50 | 1% |
| Alahna | 26 | 1% |
| Alaynna | 22 | 1% |
| Aylana | 52 | 1% |
| Alainna | 14 | 0% |
| Allanah | 7 | 0% |
| Ahlana | 11 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alana is most popular
Babies named Alana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 4.6 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Florida: 2.5 per 1,000 (1,089 girls)
- New Jersey: 1.9 per 1,000 (342 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.8 per 1,000 (102 girls)
- Nevada: 1.5 per 1,000 (72 girls)
Alana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 44 | #2,551 |
| 1940s | 1,143 | #556 |
| 1950s | 1,413 | #624 |
| 1960s | 1,889 | #643 |
| 1970s | 3,519 | #373 |
| 1980s | 6,916 | #255 |
| 1990s | 9,220 | #245 |
| 2000s | 17,935 | #143 |
| 2010s | 16,263 | #170 |
| 2020s | 9,922 | #140 |
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Questions
- Is Alana a boy or girl name?
- Alana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alana were girls.
- How popular is the name Alana?
- 2,085 baby girls were named Alana in the US in 2025, making it the 140th most popular girl name.
- When was Alana most popular?
- Alana peaked in 2007, when 2,461 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #140 in 2025.
- How many people are named Alana?
- 68,295 babies have been named Alana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 66,596 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Alana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alana was most common in Hawaii, at 4.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.