Alayne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LAYN
- Origin
- Celtic
Alayne is a girls' name of Celtic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alayne mean?
Celtic: feminine form of Alan (Breton), or a variant of Elaine
Alayne Stone is the alias Sansa Stark takes in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels.
Is Alayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayne is a girls' name.
How popular is Alayne in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1965, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the girls named Alayne in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
Names like Alayne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michelle Annette Anne Katherine Jolene Alice Amy Elaine Christine Adrienne Danielle Julie
Names related to Alayne
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alan Tristan Vienna Lana Alaina Sabrina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah Cedric
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, “Alayne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayne, updated 20 October 2026.