Alaina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-na
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #710 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #224 for girls
Alaina is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 710th for girls in the UK (57 babies) and 224th for girls in the US (1,366 babies).
What does Alaina mean?
Celtic: feminine form of Alan
A feminine form of Alan, a Breton name brought to Britain after the Norman Conquest.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 girls in the UK and 1,366 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #710among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the UK were named Alaina, making it the 710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 77 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Alaina than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Alaina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 348 girls in the UK were given Alaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #181, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales, 539th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Alaina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #710 |
| 2024 | 69 | #612 |
| 2023 | 65 | #623 |
| 2022 | 77 | #555 |
| 2021 | 65 | #644 |
| 2020 | 53 | #762 |
| 2019 | 50 | #809 |
| 2018 | 52 | #803 |
| 2017 | 40 | #992 |
| 2016 | 41 | #956 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 38 | #1,025 |
| 2013 | 44 | #915 |
| 2012 | 56 | #765 |
| 2011 | 35 | #1,069 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Alaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #224among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,366about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,366 girls in the US were named Alaina, making it the 224th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 197th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 1,999 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Alaina in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,992 girls in the US were given Alaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #108, up from #224 for this spelling alone.
Alaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,366 | #224 |
| 2024 | 1,448 | #212 |
| 2023 | 1,364 | #219 |
| 2022 | 1,432 | #202 |
| 2021 | 1,500 | #201 |
| 2020 | 1,488 | #197 |
| 2019 | 1,578 | #186 |
| 2018 | 1,522 | #202 |
| 2017 | 1,669 | #182 |
| 2016 | 1,770 | #184 |
| 2015 | 1,820 | #176 |
| 2014 | 1,748 | #189 |
| 2013 | 1,758 | #182 |
| 2012 | 1,933 | #163 |
| 2011 | 1,999 | #156 |
| 2010 | 1,500 | #206 |
| 2009 | 1,318 | #250 |
| 2008 | 1,504 | #224 |
| 2007 | 1,538 | #228 |
| 2006 | 1,361 | #250 |
| 2005 | 1,282 | #253 |
| 2004 | 1,209 | #269 |
| 2003 | 1,126 | #277 |
| 2002 | 1,002 | #309 |
| 2001 | 1,006 | #314 |
| 2000 | 1,004 | #316 |
| 1999 | 877 | #341 |
| 1998 | 689 | #398 |
| 1997 | 640 | #408 |
| 1996 | 692 | #384 |
| 1995 | 665 | #395 |
| 1994 | 662 | #382 |
| 1993 | 607 | #411 |
| 1992 | 575 | #436 |
| 1991 | 523 | #469 |
| 1990 | 567 | #440 |
| 1989 | 533 | #456 |
| 1988 | 480 | #472 |
| 1987 | 442 | #489 |
| 1986 | 451 | #475 |
| 1985 | 406 | #499 |
| 1984 | 359 | #535 |
| 1983 | 403 | #488 |
| 1982 | 458 | #461 |
| 1981 | 465 | #462 |
| 1980 | 407 | #501 |
| 1979 | 195 | #808 |
| 1978 | 146 | #954 |
| 1977 | 93 | #1,275 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 82 | #1,326 |
| 1974 | 93 | #1,198 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,560 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,387 |
| 1967 | 62 | #1,399 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,622 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,635 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,888 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
Names like Alaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Safa Khadija Ayla Aaliyah Amara Aisha Halima Hafsa Amina Hiba Abeeha
Other spellings of Alaina
Alayna Aleyna Alena Alaynah Alaynna Alenna Alainna Alainah Aleynah Aleighna Alenah
Names related to Alaina
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, “Alaina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaina, updated 20 October 2026.