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Alanna

Girl

Meaning of Alanna: Gaelic: 'fair, beautiful'

Alanna is a girl's name most strongly associated with Irish naming. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, and it is climbing quickly in the charts right now — 284th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 708th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#284

1,099 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#708

53 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

27,019

First recorded 1930 · peak 2025

Trend

rising

Style: trending

Popularity over time

1981: 295 babies1982: 289 babies1983: 245 babies1984: 275 babies1985: 297 babies1986: 289 babies1987: 286 babies1988: 334 babies1989: 362 babies1990: 520 babies19901991: 476 babies1992: 480 babies1993: 499 babies1994: 491 babies1995: 481 babies1996: 543 babies1997: 499 babies1998: 497 babies1999: 544 babies2000: 541 babies20002001: 543 babies2002: 565 babies2003: 587 babies2004: 625 babies2005: 619 babies2006: 667 babies2007: 691 babies2008: 683 babies2009: 654 babies2010: 573 babies20102011: 580 babies2012: 626 babies2013: 599 babies2014: 587 babies2015: 620 babies2016: 554 babies2017: 568 babies2018: 559 babies2019: 577 babies2020: 523 babies20202021: 548 babies2022: 531 babies2023: 677 babies2024: 1,098 babies2025: 1,099 babies
US babies named Alanna per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 1,099.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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