# Alaina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alaina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 50,584 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 50,578 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 933, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,999 | 156 |
| 2012 | 1,933 | 163 |
| 2013 | 1,758 | 182 |
| 2014 | 1,748 | 189 |
| 2015 | 1,820 | 176 |
| 2016 | 1,770 | 184 |
| 2017 | 1,669 | 182 |
| 2018 | 1,522 | 202 |
| 2019 | 1,578 | 186 |
| 2020 | 1,488 | 197 |
| 2021 | 1,500 | 201 |
| 2022 | 1,432 | 202 |
| 2023 | 1,364 | 219 |
| 2024 | 1,448 | 212 |
| 2025 | 1,366 | 224 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | 6,961 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | 48 | 801 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 35 | 1,016 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2016 | 38 | 955 |
| 2017 | 39 | 949 |
| 2018 | 45 | 826 |
| 2019 | 44 | 838 |
| 2020 | 46 | 792 |
| 2021 | 59 | 654 |
| 2022 | 70 | 559 |
| 2023 | 60 | 622 |
| 2024 | 63 | 620 |
| 2025 | 49 | 747 |

## People named Alaina

- Lauren Alaina, American singer & songwriter (born 1994)
- Alaina Huffman, Canadian actress
- Alaina Coates, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Bonnie Rotten, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.