Alaina

Origin: Variant of Alana · Origin disputed; possibly linked to a word for noble (from Old Breton)

Girl's name · #224 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Alaina's best rank, #156, came in 2011; it has settled back to #224 today. Roughly 51,000 girls have been named Alaina since 1946.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#220 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #404 in N. Ireland (2025) · #545 in Scotland (2025) · #609 in Ireland (2025) · #747 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,345 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,823 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,368 in France (2025) · #408 in Canada (2024).

Famous Alainas

Alaina Huffman — Canadian actress
Alaina Reed Hall — American actress and singer (1946–2009)
Alaina Coates — American basketball player (born 1995)
Alaina Bergsma — American volleyball player
Alaina Castillo — American singer-songwriter

What Alainas become

Among 42 notable people named Alaina:

Entertainers appear 2.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alaina Huffman, Canadian actress.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Alayna (#332), Alaina would rank around #119 with about 2,300 births last year — the newborns split about 60/40 between Alaina and Alayna.

Similar names: Alayna · Julianna · Alaya · Elaina · Reagan · Alanna

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