NameTides

Alana

Alana was the #140 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,085 babies), and #244 in England & Wales and #425 in Canada.

Alana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Alana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaScotland
Alana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#140 (2,085)#244 (190)#780 (3)#259 (6)#247 (17)#425 (74)——
2024#143 (2,060)#211 (229)#431 (7)#227 (7)#232 (18)#434 (70)——
2023#185 (1,618)#224 (208)#395 (8)#237 (7)#296 (13)#435 (67)——
2022#204 (1,422)#222 (215)#531 (5)#266 (6)#254 (17)#450 (66)——
2021#224 (1,334)#209 (244)#261 (15)#298 (5)#284 (15)#507 (58)——
2020#206 (1,403)#225 (208)#429 (7)#281 (5)#220 (20)#596 (48)——
2019#232 (1,341)#185 (268)#376 (9)#243 (7)#201 (24)#563 (55)——
2018#200 (1,533)#216 (235)#301 (12)#171 (12)#218 (22)#484 (66)——
2017#212 (1,449)#179 (303)#210 (21)#190 (10)#316 (14)#591 (52)——
2016#207 (1,576)#172 (320)#413 (8)#175 (12)#390 (11)#507 (64)——
2015#202 (1,629)#227 (223)#281 (14)#248 (7)#180 (31)#520 (59)——
2014#197 (1,675)#184 (288)#261 (17)#439 (3)#219 (24)#525 (59)——
2013#181 (1,759)#207 (247)#213 (20)#141 (14)#193 (30)#523 (58)——
2012#176 (1,780)#210 (239)#214 (21)#383 (4)#172 (34)#457 (68)—#90 (54)
2011#185 (1,702)#224 (226)#155 (29)#142 (16)#162 (37)#431 (75)#91 (79)#73 (69)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #140.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1930.

How common is it?

about 1 in 770 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 770common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alana is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 650 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 580 to 1 in 730.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #263WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #104ILMichigan: #268MINew York: #123NYMassachusetts: #159MAOregon: #223ORNevada: #108NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #267INOhio: #264OHPennsylvania: #223PANew Jersey: #114NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #99CAUtah: #212UTColorado: #131CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #256MOKentucky: #233KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #156MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #154AZNew Mexico: #159NMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #176ARTennessee: #211TNNorth Carolina: #171NCSouth Carolina: #133SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #121OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #236ALGeorgia: #132GAHawaii: #69HITexas: #82TXFlorida: #43FL
Alana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32716
Ontario2024#46227

Alana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlanaCanadaGirls#42574
AlanaEngland & WalesGirls#244190
AlanaIrelandGirls#24717
AlanaNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
AlanaNSWGirls—too few
AlanaScotlandGirls#7803
AlanaUSGirls#1402,085
AlanaUSBoys—too few
AlanaVICGirls—too few