Alaynah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Alaynah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Alaynah come from?
Modern: spelling of Alayna, related to Alaina or Elena
Is Alaynah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaynah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaynah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Alaynah, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alaynah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 348 girls in the UK were given Alaynah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #181, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Alaynah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
How popular is Alaynah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Alaynah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer girls named Alaynah than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Alaynah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,992 girls in the US were given Alaynah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #108, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Alaynah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
Names like Alaynah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Aaminah, Zainab, Sumayyah, Abeeha, Ruqayyah, Amira, Azeemah, Aafiyah
Other spellings of Alaynah
Alayna, Alaina, Aleyna, Alena, Alaynna, Alenna, Alainna, Alainah, Aleynah, Aleighna, Alenah
Names related to Alaynah
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, “Alaynah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaynah, updated 20 October 2026.