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Alaina

Meaning
Uncertain; possibly noble
Origin
Old Breton — Variant of Alana

Girl's name · #224 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Alaina's best rank, #156, came in 2011; it has settled back to #224 today. Roughly 51,000 girls have been named Alaina since 1946.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#220 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #397 in N. Ireland (2025) · #538 in Canada (2025) · #539 in Scotland (2025) · #608 in Ireland (2025) · #747 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,345 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,823 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,368 in France (2025) · #5,375 in Italy (2024) · #328 in New Zealand (2022) and 1 more.

Famous Alainas

What Alainas become

Among 42 notable people named Alaina:

Entertainers appear 2.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alaina Huffman, Canadian actress (born 1980).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Alayna (#332), Alaina would rank around #119 with about 2,300 births last year — the newborns split about 60/40 between Alaina and Alayna.

Similar names: Alayna · Julianna · Alaya · Elaina · Tessa · Alanna

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