The first name Alyona
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Алёна (Aljóna).
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Alyona last appeared in the official list in 2020, given to 3 girls. It peaked in 2009, with 3 births (#5,556).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Alyona with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Alyona at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 8 girls born in the United States were named Alyona, the 10,979th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2015, when 18 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Alyona in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Famous people named Alyona
7 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alyona LanskayaBelarusian singer, born 1985
- Alyona AzernayaContemporary Russian naïve painter, born 1966
- Alena AmialiusikBelarusian cyclist, born 1989
- Alena BabenkoActor, born 1972
- Aliona DubitskayaBelarusian athlete, born 1990
- Aliona FaleiBelarusian tennis player, born 2004
- Alena KanyshevaFigure skater, born 2005
Questions
- How popular is the name Alyona?
- In 2020, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Alyona, ranking 5,493rd. Its peak was 2009, with 3 births.
- Is Alyona a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 315 US babies named Alyona since 1880 were girls.
- When was Alyona most popular?
- 2015 in the United States, when 18 babies were named Alyona, its highest rank at 6,737th.