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Alaina

Rank in 2024
#212
Born in 2024
1,444
Peak year
2011 · #156
Origin
Celtic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,444 girls were named Alaina, about 1 in every 1,117.
  • It peaked in 2011 with 1,998 babies, ranked #156.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1946.
  • 49,201 girls have been named Alaina since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Alaina per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.7
    Gen Z
  7. 0.9
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 260 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,579 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,289 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 19,986 babies, 0.69 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 19,087 babies, 0.94 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A variant of Alana coined in the 20th century from Alain, the French equivalent of Alan.

  • A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Origin
Celtic
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Alaina, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Alina

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    #135
    Born '24
    2,180
    Origin
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    Rank
    #143
    Born '24
    2,054
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    Alani

    Rank
    #178
    Born '24
    1,697
    Origin
    —
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    Rank
    #254
    Born '24
    1,252
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    Rank
    #289
    Born '24
    1,096
    Origin
    Celtic
    1880peak 20242024
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    Alayna

    Rank
    #312
    Born '24
    983
    Origin
    Celtic
    1880peak 20132024