Alana

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

Nicknames: Lana

Girl's name · #140 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Alana is climbing: on the charts since 1930, it reached #140 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 2,100 girls given the name last year. Roughly 68,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#32 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #60 in Ecuador (2025) · #85 in Spain (2024) · #169 in Mexico (2024) · #241 in Switzerland (2025) · #244 in England & Wales (2025) · #248 in Ireland (2025) · #259 in N. Ireland (2025) · #335 in New Zealand (2025) · #461 in France (2025) · #656 in Belgium (2025) · #714 in Netherlands (2025) and 3 more.

Famous Alanas

Alana de la Garza — American actress
Alana Haim — American singer, musician and actress
Alana Gebremariam — Belarusian pro-democracy activist and feminist
Alana Boyd — Australian pole vaulter
Alana Boden — English actress

In stories & tradition

Alana Mareva — The 4400 (TV series)
Alana Jackson — The Psychic in the Soup (TV episode)
Alana — Aquele Beijo (TV series)

What Alanas become

Among 219 notable people named Alana:

Sports figures appear 2.08× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alana Beard, American professional women's basketball player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Alanna (#280), Alana would rank around #76 with about 3,200 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Alana and Alanna.

About 780 girls a year are given Lana as their full name.

Similar names: Alanna · Kehlani · Alani · Liana · Emerson · Sienna

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