Alaina
Alaina is ranked 212th among girls in 2024 (1,444 births). Its best rank was 156th, in 2011.
- Rank in 2024
- #212up 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4440.09% of girls
- Peak year
- 20111,998 births
- Best rank
- #156in 2011
- Since 1946
- 49,201people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,201 girls have been named Alaina in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 1,998 births — 0.11% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 189 → 212).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alaina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 24 | |
| 1950s | 92 | |
| 1960s | 415 | |
| 1970s | 901 | |
| 1980s | 4,405 | |
| 1990s | 6,497 | |
| 2000s | 12,349 | |
| 2010s | 17,295 | |
| 2020s | 7,223 |
In 2011, its biggest year
Alaina was the 156th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2011 were Sophia, Isabella, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2011.
Names that rose and fell with Alaina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaelpeak 2012
- Liannapeak 2020
- Sariapeak 2017
- Kamillepeak 2011
- Safiapeak 2023
- Shaindypeak 2021
- Cambriapeak 2012
- Saraipeak 2007
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.