How Many People Are Named Alaina?
people named Alaina are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,845 people in the US has this name
Based on 50,584 babies named Alaina in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,999 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALANA, probably influenced by ELAINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alaina in English. Counting Alaina and these spellings together, about 85,177 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alaina in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alaina alive today is about 18 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alaina first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 2011, to 1,999 babies. In 2025, 1,366 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alaina has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #156, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #224.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #224 |
| Best rank | #156 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #186 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alaina alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alaina were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,769 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alaina was given 1.9 times as often in Louisiana, 1.8 times in Michigan and 1.7 times in Ohio.
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