Alania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LAH-nee-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Alania is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Alania mean?
Modern: elaboration of Alana
Alania was also the medieval kingdom of the Alans in the North Caucasus, recalled in North Ossetia–Alania.
Is Alania a girl's or a boy's name?
Alania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Alania, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Alania in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Alania
- Lana 211 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Alania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Analia, Alivia, Avianna, Aria, Kaylani, Alessia, Amaria, Ailany, Amelia, Aliana, Amira, Ariella
Names related to Alania
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Kayson
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alania, updated 20 October 2026.