Alayna

Meaning: Uncertain; possibly noble
Origin: Old Breton — Variant of Alaina

Girl's name · #332 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Alayna's best rank, #201, came in 2012; it has settled back to #332 today. Roughly 36,000 girls have been named Alayna since 1945.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#219 in England & Wales (2025) · #336 in New Zealand (2025) · #393 in Canada (2025) · #718 in Ireland (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) · #1,104 in France (2025) · #1,347 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,979 in Italy (2024) · #727 in Poland (2024) · #2,228 in Sweden (2024) · #391 in N. Ireland (2023) · #147 in Puerto Rico (2021) and 1 more.

Famous Alaynas

Alayna Treene — American journalist (born 1994)
Alayna Morgan — American heavyweight woman (1948–2009)
Alayna Lutkovskaya — Russian pole vaulter (born 1995)
Alayna Burns — Australian cyclist (born 1980)
Alayna Snell — United States Virgin Islands fencer (born 1961)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Alaina (#224), Alayna would rank around #119 with about 2,300 births last year — the newborns split about 60/40 between Alaina and Alayna.

Similar names: Alaina · Brynn · Alaya · Elaina · London · Alivia

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