Alaina

What Alaina means

Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”

variant of Alana || Borrowed from Hebrew אֵילֹן (ʼÊlōn, literally “oak tree”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Alaina” (revision 94593868) and “Elon” (revision 94539075), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Alaina?

US: Falling: down from #176 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1057 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2011, when 1,999 girls got the name (#156 that year). First in the US records in 1946.

How common

• About 1 in 1,177 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,169 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (3.1 per 1,000 girls), SD (2.29 per 1,000 girls), ME (2.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Alaina is #224 in the US and #747 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Alaina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Alina2,204 US · 208 E&W
• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Alani1,843 US · 40 E&W
• Elaina1,176 US · 37 E&W
• Alanna1,099 US · 44 E&W
• Alayna927 US · 214 E&W
• Aleena436 US · 150 E&W
• Elina355 US · 69 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Alaina

Girls

• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Brynn#407Editor’s note Down from #259 in 2015 to #407 in 2025 in the US
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Nola#821Editor’s note Down from #769 in 2015 to #821 in 2025 in the US
• Fiona#470“fair, white”^*
• Gwen#725Same root as Wendy, meaning “watercourse with a bend + island”^*

For a brother

• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Kian#400Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alaina’s. Rank is US 2025.