How Many People Are Named Alana?
people named Alana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,144 people in the US has this name
Based on 68,295 babies named Alana in Social Security records from 1930 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,461 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of ALAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alana in English. Counting Alana and these spellings together, about 103,392 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alana in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alana alive today is about 23 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alana first appears in the records in 1930 and was given most often in 2007, to 2,461 babies. In 2025, 2,085 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1930 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alana has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #140, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #140.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #140 |
| Best rank | #140 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #187 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alana were born in California than in any other state: about 8,624 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alana was given 4.4 times as often in Hawaii, 1.4 times in Connecticut and 1.4 times in Florida.
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