NameTides

Alayna

Alayna was the #332 girls' name in the US in 2025 (927 babies), and #219 in England & Wales and #393 in Canada.

Alayna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alayna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanadaIrelandScotland
Alayna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#332 (927)#219 (214)#780 (3)—#718 (4)#393 (79)
2024#311 (988)#234 (205)#384 (8)—#631 (5)#386 (78)
2023#316 (982)#163 (312)#281 (13)#391 (3)#625 (5)#386 (78)
2022#273 (1,163)#153 (318)#303 (11)—#559 (6)#398 (76)
2021#263 (1,183)#245 (203)#485 (6)—#661 (5)#342 (95)
2020#248 (1,212)#209 (235)#429 (7)—#410 (9)#367 (86)
2019#222 (1,396)#155 (325)#406 (8)#424 (3)#551 (6)#342 (94)
2018#235 (1,366)#204 (255)#680 (4)—#629 (5)#388 (84)
2017#229 (1,378)#288 (170)#570 (5)——#370 (90)
2016#221 (1,444)#315 (157)#502 (6)——#341 (100)
2015#223 (1,464)#388 (118)#566 (5)—#581 (6)#463 (72)
2014#217 (1,549)#463 (94)#802 (3)—#876 (3)#414 (79)
2013#206 (1,563)#466 (90)#564 (5)#370 (4)#894 (3)#502 (61)
2012#201 (1,550)#448 (101)———#416 (76)
2011#225 (1,409)#509 (83)#674 (4)——#400 (80)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #206.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1945.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 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 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alayna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alayna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #414WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #331ILMichigan: #275MINew York: #311NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #267INOhio: #323OHPennsylvania: #210PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #378CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #370CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #172KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #231ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #344NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #308TXFlorida: #281FL
Alayna (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
Ontario2024#33937

Alayna (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
AlaynaCanadaGirls#39379
AlaynaEngland & WalesGirls#219214
AlaynaIrelandGirls#7184
AlaynaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlaynaScotlandGirls#7803
AlaynaUSGirls#332927
AlaynaUSBoys—too few