Alana

What Alana means

Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Alana” (revision 94593825) and “Elon” (revision 94539075), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Alana?

US: Rising: up from #202 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #227 in 2015, #244 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,085 girls got the name (#140 that year). First in the US records in 1930.

How common

• About 1 in 771 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,333 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 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 HI (4.66 per 1,000 girls), FL (3.45 per 1,000 girls), DE (2.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Alana is #140 in the US and #244 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 Alana were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ailany7,136 US · 4 E&W
• Elena4,836 US · 307 E&W
• Alina2,204 US · 208 E&W
• Alani1,843 US · 40 E&W
• Ailani1,807 US · 3 E&W
• Alaina1,366 US · 49 E&W
• Elaina1,176 US · 37 E&W
• Alanna1,099 US · 44 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Alanna
• Alannah
• Alanah
• Ilana

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Alana

Girls

• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 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
• Brynn#407Editor’s note Down from #259 in 2015 to #407 in 2025 in the US
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Kenna#759“descendant of Cionaodh”^*
• Keira#621“black, dark, little dark one”^*

For a brother

• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*

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 Alana’s. Rank is US 2025.