# Alina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alina/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,387 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 45,387 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,816, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Alina, or a Latinate form of French Aline, ultimately from diminutives of the same Germanic name Adela, Adele.

## 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 | 1,210 | 267 |
| 2012 | 1,201 | 271 |
| 2013 | 1,263 | 252 |
| 2014 | 1,714 | 193 |
| 2015 | 1,857 | 173 |
| 2016 | 1,824 | 178 |
| 2017 | 1,659 | 187 |
| 2018 | 1,799 | 157 |
| 2019 | 1,833 | 156 |
| 2020 | 1,701 | 170 |
| 2021 | 2,027 | 135 |
| 2022 | 2,122 | 133 |
| 2023 | 1,902 | 150 |
| 2024 | 2,182 | 136 |
| 2025 | 2,204 | 130 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 328 |
| 2012 | 118 | 395 |
| 2013 | 145 | 322 |
| 2014 | 125 | 363 |
| 2015 | 132 | 357 |
| 2016 | 157 | 315 |
| 2017 | 149 | 324 |
| 2018 | 138 | 346 |
| 2019 | 177 | 275 |
| 2020 | 153 | 304 |
| 2021 | 181 | 260 |
| 2022 | 200 | 236 |
| 2023 | 170 | 264 |
| 2024 | 179 | 268 |
| 2025 | 208 | 224 |

## People named Alina

- Alina Talay, Belarusian hurdler
- Alina Astafei, German high jumper
- Alina Fernández, Cuban political critic
- Alina Harnasko, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
- Alina Levshin, German actress
- Alina Tumilovich, Belarusian gymnast
- Alina Grijseels, German handball player
- Alina Habba, American attorney (born 1984)
- Alina Reh, German long-distance runner
- Alina Panova, American costume designer (born 1961)
- Alina Zmushko, Belarusian swimmer
- Alina Zhang, Chinese actress (1981- )

## 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.