# Alana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alana/  
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 | Alanna, Alannah, Alanah, Ilana |
| US babies named this | 68,295 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 68,264 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,638, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## 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 | 1,702 | 185 |
| 2012 | 1,780 | 176 |
| 2013 | 1,759 | 181 |
| 2014 | 1,675 | 197 |
| 2015 | 1,629 | 202 |
| 2016 | 1,576 | 207 |
| 2017 | 1,449 | 212 |
| 2018 | 1,533 | 200 |
| 2019 | 1,341 | 232 |
| 2020 | 1,403 | 206 |
| 2021 | 1,334 | 224 |
| 2022 | 1,422 | 204 |
| 2023 | 1,618 | 185 |
| 2024 | 2,060 | 143 |
| 2025 | 2,085 | 140 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | 6,272 |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,703 |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,962 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10,942 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8,957 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 226 | 224 |
| 2012 | 239 | 210 |
| 2013 | 247 | 207 |
| 2014 | 288 | 184 |
| 2015 | 223 | 227 |
| 2016 | 320 | 172 |
| 2017 | 303 | 179 |
| 2018 | 235 | 216 |
| 2019 | 268 | 185 |
| 2020 | 208 | 225 |
| 2021 | 244 | 209 |
| 2022 | 215 | 222 |
| 2023 | 208 | 224 |
| 2024 | 229 | 211 |
| 2025 | 190 | 244 |

## In other languages

- Portuguese: Alana

## People named Alana

- Alana de la Garza, American actress
- Alana Evans, American pornographic actress
- Alana Haim, American musician and actress (born 1991)
- Alana Gebremariam, Belarusian pro-democracy activist and feminist
- Alana Boden, English actress
- Alana Beard, American basketball player (born 1982)
- Alana Boyd, Australian pole vaulter
- Alana King, cricketer
- Alana Nichols, American Paralympic wheelchair basketball player and alpine skier
- Alana Cook, American soccer player
- Alana Blanchard, American surfer
- Alana Austin, American exactress

## 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.