Alana

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Polish

Meaning

Alana, Alanna, or other variants, is a female given name. It is latinized feminine form of Alan and its usage is relatively modern.

From Wikipedia

Alana first appears in the data in 1930 and has been recorded in 92 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 2,461 babies (rank #143 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,054 girls (rank #143). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Alana

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alana yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

66,187
Total babies (all years)
92
Years in the data
2,461
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
193012#2,553
19315#4,338
19325#4,418
19337#3,409
19345#4,291
19375#4,261
19395#4,254
19405#4,359
19419#3,031
194217#2,118
194342#1,251
1944104#747
1945134#628
1946194#573
1947219#577
1948221#557
1949198#591
1950183#625
1951189#630
1952172#678
1953160#718
1954139#796
1955119#899
1956132#869
1957116#958
1958103#1,029
1959100#1,066
1960127#946
1961159#836
1962156#842
1963199#725
1964215#707
1965191#717
1966200#691
1967220#643
1968211#664
1969211#685
1970250#651
1971203#738
1972227#661
1973278#576
1974337#511
1975442#446
1976370#490
1977365#507
1978440#452
1979606#373
1980636#368
1981639#368
1982707#340
1983633#359
1984655#352
1985977#255
1986728#333
1987623#376
1988652#370
1989666#379
1990720#369
1991701#367
1992671#385
1993773#338
1994798#336
1995900#308
19961,155#245
19971,038#281
19981,218#254
19991,246#252
20001,279#253
20011,233#257
20021,391#225
20031,621#203
20041,913#178
20051,974#170
20062,121#167
20072,461#143
20082,037#166
20091,904#172
20101,819#169
20111,702#185
20121,779#177
20131,758#182
20141,675#197
20151,629#202
20161,573#207
20171,447#213
20181,533#200
20191,340#232
20201,400#206
20211,333#224
20221,420#204
20231,617#184
20242,054#143