Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Alana name popularity since 1925
68,295 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alana. Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Alana is about 20 years old in 2026. Alana peaked in 2025 as the #140 name for girls, and it ranked #140 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 68,295
- Named Alana, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #140
- for girls in 2025 (2,085 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 68,264 girls · 31 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 3.41× its national share
Peak year is the year Alana made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alana births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2007. Measured as a share of all babies, Alana peaked in 2025.
- Steepest fall: Between 1950 and 1955, Alana's share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 9,360 to 1 in 16,400.
- Fastest rise: Between 1959 and 1964, it became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 20,200 baby girls to 1 in 8,810.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Alana's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alana.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alana in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 44 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 1,143 | 0 | #628 |
| 1950s | 1,413 | 0 | #899 |
| 1960s | 1,889 | 0 | #717 |
| 1970s | 3,519 | 0 | #446 |
| 1980s | 6,916 | 19 | #255 |
| 1990s | 9,220 | 0 | #308 |
| 2000s | 17,935 | 12 | #170 |
| 2010s | 16,263 | 0 | #202 |
| 2020–25 | 9,922 | 0 | #140 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
39.2% of babies named Alana from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Alana is most popular
The index compares Alana's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alana.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 3.41× | 701 |
| Florida | 2.06× | 4,894 |
| Nevada | 2.04× | 479 |
| Arizona | 1.37× | 1,168 |
| California | 1.27× | 8,862 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alana and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alana (this page) | 68,264 | 2025 |
| Alaina | 50,578 | 2011 |
| Alina | 45,339 | 2025 |
| Alayna | 35,589 | 2013 |
| Alanna | 27,012 | 2025 |
| Alena | 15,690 | 2015 |
| Aliana | 9,065 | 2024 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alana's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alana.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alana (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data