How popular is the name Alana?

Alana ranks 459th among girls' names in US records, with 67,837 births since 1930. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,892.

Is Alana a unisex name?

No. Alana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2007, when 2,535 children were given the name. It has been in use for 95 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#459 of girl names

Pronounced AA0 L AE1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Alana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1930. It has been given to 67,837 children — the 459th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 21% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2007, when 2,535 children were given it.

2007Girls: 2,535Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Alana?: Alana ranks 459th among girls' names in US records, with 67,837 births since 1930. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,892.
Is Alana a unisex name?: No. Alana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Alana most popular?: 2007, when 2,535 children were given the name. It has been in use for 95 years and is still recorded as of 2024.