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“Variant of Alan — Origin disputed; possibly linked to a word for noble” — Old Breton origin
Girl's name · #140 in the US (2025) · Trending
Alana is climbing: on the charts since 1930, it reached #140 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 2,100 girls given the name last year. Roughly 68,000 have carried it all-time. Lana is a short form of Alana. About 780 girls a year are given Lana as their full name. Together with its spelling variant Alanna (#280), Alana would rank around #76 with about 3,200 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Alana and Alanna.
Around the world: #32 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #85 in Spain (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 219 notable people named Alana:
Sports figures appear 2.08× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alana Beard, American professional women's basketball player.
Similar names: Alanna · Kehlani · Alani · Liana · Emerson · Sienna
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