Alina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-na
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #236 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #130 for girls
Alina is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 236th for girls in the UK (220 babies) and 130th for girls in the US (2,204 babies).
Where does Alina come from?
Germanic: used across Europe, often as a short form of Adelina
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alina a girl's or a boy's name?
Alina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 220 girls in the UK and 2,204 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 236th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 220 about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 220 girls in the UK were named Alina, making it the 236th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 323rd.
2025 had the most girls named Alina of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Alina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 379 girls in the UK were given Alina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #168, up from #236 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 224th in England and Wales and 284th in Scotland.
Alina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 220 | #236 |
| 2024 | 190 | #272 |
| 2023 | 183 | #272 |
| 2022 | 209 | #250 |
| 2021 | 187 | #279 |
| 2020 | 156 | #323 |
| 2019 | 187 | #290 |
| 2018 | 146 | #354 |
| 2017 | 159 | #331 |
| 2016 | 165 | #323 |
| 2015 | 140 | #367 |
| 2014 | 133 | #374 |
| 2013 | 153 | #340 |
| 2012 | 120 | #422 |
| 2011 | 155 | #346 |
| 2010 | 119 | #411 |
| 2009 | 141 | #353 |
| 2008 | 138 | #362 |
| 2007 | 132 | #365 |
| 2006 | 124 | #374 |
| 2005 | 134 | #335 |
| 2004 | 135 | #328 |
| 2003 | 106 | #385 |
| 2002 | 90 | #409 |
| 2001 | 73 | #461 |
| 2000 | 72 | #466 |
| 1999 | 63 | #511 |
| 1998 | 57 | #547 |
| 1997 | 73 | #463 |
| 1996 | 44 | #610 |
How popular is Alina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 130th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,204 about 1 in 730 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,204 girls in the US were named Alina, making it the 130th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 170th. It first appears in the records in 1892.
2025 had the most girls named Alina of any year since it first appeared, in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Alina in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,841 girls in the US were given Alina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #116, up from #130 for this spelling alone.
Alina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,204 | #130 |
| 2024 | 2,182 | #136 |
| 2023 | 1,902 | #150 |
| 2022 | 2,122 | #133 |
| 2021 | 2,027 | #135 |
| 2020 | 1,701 | #170 |
| 2019 | 1,833 | #156 |
| 2018 | 1,799 | #157 |
| 2017 | 1,659 | #187 |
| 2016 | 1,824 | #178 |
| 2015 | 1,857 | #173 |
| 2014 | 1,714 | #193 |
| 2013 | 1,263 | #252 |
| 2012 | 1,201 | #271 |
| 2011 | 1,210 | #267 |
| 2010 | 1,239 | #265 |
| 2009 | 1,321 | #249 |
| 2008 | 1,407 | #247 |
| 2007 | 1,737 | #194 |
| 2006 | 934 | #354 |
| 2005 | 809 | #389 |
| 2004 | 789 | #394 |
| 2003 | 768 | #397 |
| 2002 | 670 | #433 |
| 2001 | 574 | #485 |
| 2000 | 595 | #466 |
| 1999 | 534 | #485 |
| 1998 | 512 | #495 |
| 1997 | 528 | #477 |
| 1996 | 417 | #560 |
| 1995 | 488 | #503 |
| 1994 | 420 | #561 |
| 1993 | 361 | #626 |
| 1992 | 353 | #638 |
| 1991 | 363 | #622 |
| 1990 | 326 | #663 |
| 1989 | 281 | #702 |
| 1988 | 245 | #762 |
| 1987 | 204 | #846 |
| 1986 | 190 | #873 |
| 1985 | 185 | #863 |
| 1984 | 134 | #1,051 |
| 1983 | 149 | #981 |
| 1982 | 164 | #919 |
| 1981 | 147 | #991 |
| 1980 | 152 | #977 |
| 1979 | 162 | #912 |
| 1978 | 135 | #1,006 |
| 1977 | 140 | #979 |
| 1976 | 107 | #1,117 |
| 1975 | 126 | #978 |
| 1974 | 108 | #1,082 |
| 1973 | 100 | #1,120 |
| 1972 | 89 | #1,205 |
| 1971 | 119 | #1,034 |
| 1970 | 99 | #1,168 |
| 1969 | 80 | #1,250 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,387 |
| 1967 | 69 | #1,316 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,515 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,528 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,893 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,116 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
Names like Alina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Fatima, Amelie, Myla, Ariella, Avery, Aria, Zara, Eliana, Aurora, Autumn, Amara
Other spellings of Alina
Aleena, Aleenah, Alyna, Alinna, Alynna, Alinah, Alynah, Aalina, Allina
Names related to Alina
Alana, Aylin, Alaina, Elina, Elaina, Alena, Aliana, Aliyana, Alianna
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Alina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alina, updated 20 October 2026.