Alayna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #238 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #332 for girls
Alayna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 238th for girls in the UK (217 babies) and 332nd for girls in the US (927 babies).
Where does Alayna come from?
Modern: modern spelling related to Alaina or Elena
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alayna a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 217 girls in the UK and 927 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alayna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 238th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 217 about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 217 girls in the UK were named Alayna, making it the 238th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 220th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 336 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alayna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 348 girls in the UK were given Alayna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #181, up from #238 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 219th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Alayna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 217 | #238 |
| 2024 | 213 | #248 |
| 2023 | 328 | #175 |
| 2022 | 329 | #170 |
| 2021 | 209 | #254 |
| 2020 | 242 | #220 |
| 2019 | 336 | #172 |
| 2018 | 259 | #215 |
| 2017 | 175 | #303 |
| 2016 | 163 | #327 |
| 2015 | 123 | #413 |
| 2014 | 97 | #491 |
| 2013 | 99 | #465 |
| 2012 | 103 | #473 |
| 2011 | 87 | #528 |
| 2010 | 54 | #738 |
| 2009 | 54 | #736 |
| 2008 | 46 | #810 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Alayna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 332nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 927 about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 927 girls in the US were named Alayna, making it the 332nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 248th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 1,563 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
2025 had fewer girls named Alayna than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Alayna in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,992 girls in the US were given Alayna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #108, up from #332 for this spelling alone.
Alayna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 927 | #332 |
| 2024 | 988 | #311 |
| 2023 | 982 | #316 |
| 2022 | 1,163 | #273 |
| 2021 | 1,183 | #263 |
| 2020 | 1,212 | #248 |
| 2019 | 1,396 | #222 |
| 2018 | 1,366 | #235 |
| 2017 | 1,378 | #229 |
| 2016 | 1,444 | #221 |
| 2015 | 1,464 | #223 |
| 2014 | 1,549 | #217 |
| 2013 | 1,563 | #206 |
| 2012 | 1,550 | #201 |
| 2011 | 1,409 | #225 |
| 2010 | 1,333 | #236 |
| 2009 | 1,187 | #277 |
| 2008 | 1,177 | #285 |
| 2007 | 1,248 | #273 |
| 2006 | 1,217 | #271 |
| 2005 | 1,149 | #288 |
| 2004 | 1,062 | #303 |
| 2003 | 910 | #341 |
| 2002 | 780 | #380 |
| 2001 | 720 | #403 |
| 2000 | 660 | #425 |
| 1999 | 578 | #459 |
| 1998 | 431 | #568 |
| 1997 | 342 | #647 |
| 1996 | 355 | #630 |
| 1995 | 331 | #650 |
| 1994 | 329 | #653 |
| 1993 | 296 | #719 |
| 1992 | 234 | #850 |
| 1991 | 219 | #892 |
| 1990 | 163 | #1,078 |
| 1989 | 133 | #1,210 |
| 1988 | 128 | #1,180 |
| 1987 | 107 | #1,299 |
| 1986 | 106 | #1,272 |
| 1985 | 88 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,459 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,644 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,445 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
Names like Alayna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Safa, Khadija, Aaliyah, Ayla, Amara, Amaya, Hafsa, Ayah, Zainab, Amina, Aisha
Other spellings of Alayna
Alaina, Aleyna, Alena, Alaynah, Alaynna, Alenna, Alainna, Alainah, Aleynah, Aleighna, Alenah
Names related to Alayna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Alayna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayna, updated 20 October 2026.