# Alayna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alayna/  
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 | 35,594 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 35,589 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,193, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare variant of Alaina.

## 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 | 1,409 | 225 |
| 2012 | 1,550 | 201 |
| 2013 | 1,563 | 206 |
| 2014 | 1,549 | 217 |
| 2015 | 1,464 | 223 |
| 2016 | 1,444 | 221 |
| 2017 | 1,378 | 229 |
| 2018 | 1,366 | 235 |
| 2019 | 1,396 | 222 |
| 2020 | 1,212 | 248 |
| 2021 | 1,183 | 263 |
| 2022 | 1,163 | 273 |
| 2023 | 982 | 316 |
| 2024 | 988 | 311 |
| 2025 | 927 | 332 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 12,158 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 509 |
| 2012 | 101 | 448 |
| 2013 | 90 | 466 |
| 2014 | 94 | 463 |
| 2015 | 118 | 388 |
| 2016 | 157 | 315 |
| 2017 | 170 | 288 |
| 2018 | 255 | 204 |
| 2019 | 325 | 155 |
| 2020 | 235 | 209 |
| 2021 | 203 | 245 |
| 2022 | 318 | 153 |
| 2023 | 312 | 163 |
| 2024 | 205 | 234 |
| 2025 | 214 | 219 |

## 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.