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Alana

Rank in 2024
#143
Born in 2024
2,054
Peak year
2007 · #143
Origin
Celtic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,054 girls were named Alana, about 1 in every 785.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 2,461 babies, ranked #143.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1930.
  • 66,156 girls have been named Alana since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.4
    Millennials
  6. 0.9
    Gen Z
  7. 0.9
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 355 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,101 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,187 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,998 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen Z: 26,736 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 18,779 babies, 0.92 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Feminine form of Alan (from Alan +‎ -a). In regular use since the 20th century.

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

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

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