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Alana

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-LAH-na
Origin
Celtic
UK rank, 2025
#256 for girls
US rank, 2025
#140 for girls

Alana is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 256th for girls in the UK (199 babies) and 140th for girls in the US (2,085 babies).

What does Alana 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 Alana a girl's or a boy's name?

Alana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 199 girls in the UK and 2,085 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alana in the UK?

Rank in 2025
256th among girls
Babies in 2025
199 about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 199 girls in the UK were named Alana, making it the 256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 235th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 340 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Alana since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Alana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. 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 Alana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #256 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 244th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 340 in 20162025
Alana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025199#256
2024243#214
2023223#229
2022226#232
2021264#215
2020220#235
2019284#195
2018259#215
2017334#180
2016340#185
2015244#236
2014308#193
2013281#202
2012264#210
2011271#210
2010292#199
2009269#210
2008242#238
2007281#216
2006295#196
2005267#203
2004271#198
2003289#186
2002266#175
2001278#170
2000206#232
1999247#199
1998236#207
1997320#160
1996236#200

How popular is Alana in the US?

Rank in 2025
140th among girls
Babies in 2025
2,085 about 1 in 770 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 35% in five years
Same name in a class
1.8% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 2,085 girls in the US were named Alana, making it the 140th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 206th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 2,461 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Alana than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Alana in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,207 girls in the US were given Alana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #161.

1930Busiest: 2,461 in 20072025
Alana in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20252,085#140
20242,060#143
20231,618#185
20221,422#204
20211,334#224
20201,403#206
20191,341#232
20181,533#200
20171,449#212
20161,576#207
20151,629#202
20141,675#197
20131,759#181
20121,780#176
20111,702#185
20101,819#170
20091,905#172
20082,037#166
20072,461#143
20062,121#167
20051,974#170
20041,913#178
20031,621#203
20021,391#225
20011,233#257
20001,279#253
19991,246#252
19981,218#254
19971,038#281
19961,155#245
1995900#308
1994798#335
1993773#338
1992671#385
1991701#367
1990720#369
1989666#379
1988652#370
1987623#376
1986728#333
1985977#255
1984655#352
1983633#359
1982707#340
1981639#367
1980636#368
1979606#373
1978441#451
1977365#507
1976370#490
1975442#446
1974337#511
1973278#576
1972227#661
1971203#738
1970250#651
1969211#685
1968211#664
1967220#643
1966200#691
1965191#717
1964215#707
1963199#725
1962156#842
1961159#835
1960127#945
1959100#1,065
1958103#1,027
1957116#957
1956132#868
1955119#898
1954139#795
1953160#717
1952172#677
1951189#629
1950183#624
1949198#590
1948221#556
1947219#577
1946194#573
1945134#628
1944104#747
194342#1,250
194217#2,116
19419#3,028
19405#4,347
19395#4,248
19380–
19375#4,253
19360–
19350–
19345#4,284
19337#3,405
19325#4,409
19315#4,329
193012#2,551

Names like Alana

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Athena, Alina, Fatima, Francesca, Ariana, Jessica, Alexandra, Lara, Alora, Lana, Elena, Mia

Other spellings of Alana

Alanah, Allana, Allanah

Names related to Alana

Alayna, Alaina, Alanna, Alannah, Alyana, Alena, Elana, Alani, Aliana, Alianna

More Celtic names

Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Sabrina, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Cedric, Clyde, Joyce, Mael, Allan

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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, “Alana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alana, updated 20 October 2026.