Alana is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2007 and remains in steady use.
Alana is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #140 for girl births in the United States (and #324 across all names), given to 2,085 babies — 2,117 including U.S. territories. Alana was first reported in SSA data in 1930 and peaked in 2007 (2,461 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,085 | 2,117 | #140 | — |
| 2024 | 2,060 | 2,111 | #143 | — |
| 2023 | 1,618 | 1,653 | #185 | — |
| 2022 | 1,422 | 1,458 | #204 | — |
| 2021 | 1,334 | 1,382 | #224 | — |
| 2020 | 1,403 | 1,439 | #206 | — |
| 2019 | 1,341 | 1,377 | #232 | — |
| 2018 | 1,533 | 1,582 | #200 | — |
| 2017 | 1,449 | 1,526 | #212 | — |
| 2016 | 1,576 | 1,666 | #207 | — |
| 2015 | 1,629 | 1,717 | #202 | — |
| 2014 | 1,675 | 1,767 | #197 | — |
| 2013 | 1,759 | 1,837 | #181 | — |
| 2012 | 1,780 | 1,853 | #176 | — |
| 2011 | 1,702 | 1,792 | #185 | — |
| 2010 | 1,819 | 1,917 | #170 | — |
| 2009 | 1,905 | 1,982 | #172 | — |
| 2008 | 2,037 | 2,106 | #166 | — |
| 2007 | 2,461 | 2,535 | #143 | — |
| 2006 | 2,121 | 2,196 | #167 | — |
| 2005 | 1,974 | 2,056 | #170 | — |
| 2004 | 1,920 | 1,995 | #178 | #8,957 |
| 2003 | 1,626 | 1,675 | #203 | #10,942 |
| 2002 | 1,391 | 1,438 | #225 | — |
| 2001 | 1,233 | 1,273 | #257 | — |
| 2000 | 1,279 | 1,316 | #253 | — |
| 1999 | 1,246 | 1,278 | #252 | — |
| 1998 | 1,218 | 1,235 | #254 | — |
| 1997 | 1,038 | — | #281 | — |
| 1996 | 1,155 | — | #245 | — |
| 1995 | 900 | — | #308 | — |
| 1994 | 798 | — | #335 | — |
| 1993 | 773 | — | #338 | — |
| 1992 | 671 | — | #385 | — |
| 1991 | 701 | — | #367 | — |
| 1990 | 720 | — | #369 | — |
| 1989 | 672 | — | #379 | #6,962 |
| 1988 | 652 | — | #370 | — |
| 1987 | 623 | — | #376 | — |
| 1986 | 728 | — | #333 | — |
| 1985 | 985 | — | #255 | #4,703 |
| 1984 | 655 | — | #352 | — |
| 1983 | 633 | — | #359 | — |
| 1982 | 707 | — | #340 | — |
| 1981 | 639 | — | #367 | — |
| 1980 | 641 | — | #368 | #6,272 |
| 1979 | 606 | — | #373 | — |
| 1978 | 441 | — | #451 | — |
| 1977 | 365 | — | #507 | — |
| 1976 | 370 | — | #490 | — |
| 1975 | 442 | — | #446 | — |
| 1974 | 337 | — | #511 | — |
| 1973 | 278 | — | #576 | — |
| 1972 | 227 | — | #661 | — |
| 1971 | 203 | — | #738 | — |
| 1970 | 250 | — | #651 | — |
| 1969 | 211 | — | #685 | — |
| 1968 | 211 | — | #664 | — |
| 1967 | 220 | — | #643 | — |
| 1966 | 200 | — | #691 | — |
| 1965 | 191 | — | #717 | — |
| 1964 | 215 | — | #707 | — |
| 1963 | 199 | — | #725 | — |
| 1962 | 156 | — | #842 | — |
| 1961 | 159 | — | #835 | — |
| 1960 | 127 | — | #946 | — |
| 1959 | 100 | — | #1,066 | — |
| 1958 | 103 | — | #1,028 | — |
| 1957 | 116 | — | #958 | — |
| 1956 | 132 | — | #869 | — |
| 1955 | 119 | — | #899 | — |
| 1954 | 139 | — | #796 | — |
| 1953 | 160 | — | #718 | — |
| 1952 | 172 | — | #678 | — |
| 1951 | 189 | — | #630 | — |
| 1950 | 183 | — | #625 | — |
| 1949 | 198 | — | #591 | — |
| 1948 | 221 | — | #557 | — |
| 1947 | 219 | — | #577 | — |
| 1946 | 194 | — | #573 | — |
| 1945 | 134 | — | #628 | — |
| 1944 | 104 | — | #747 | — |
| 1943 | 42 | — | #1,251 | — |
| 1942 | 17 | — | #2,118 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #3,031 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,359 | — |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,254 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #4,261 | — |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,291 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,409 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,418 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,338 | — |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,553 | — |