Alayna

What Alayna means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Alayna yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alayna?

US: Falling: down from #223 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #388 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2013, when 1,563 girls got the name (#206 that year). First in the US records in 1945.

How common

• About 1 in 1,734 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,184 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 MT (2.48 per 1,000 girls), WV (2.36 per 1,000 girls), HI (2.33 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Alayna is #332 in the US and #219 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 Alayna 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
• Alaina1,366 US · 49 E&W
• Elaina1,176 US · 37 E&W
• Alanna1,099 US · 44 E&W
• Aleena436 US · 150 E&W
• Alena398 US · 25 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 Alayna

Girls

• 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
• 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
• Fiona#470“fair, white”^*
• Kenna#759“descendant of Cionaodh”^*
• Rowan#249“little red 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
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*

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 Alayna’s. Rank is US 2025.