Alayna Girl
How popular is Alayna?
#332 girl name in 2025
927 baby girls were named Alayna in the US in 2025, making it the 332nd most popular girl name.
Alayna popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #332 for girls (▼ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 927 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #223 in 2015, #248 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (1,563 girls) |
| Highest rank | #201 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1945 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alayna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alaina family of names ranked #143 for girls in 2025 (#135 the year before), with 2,327 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alayna is most popular
Babies named Alayna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 2.1 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Delaware: 1.4 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Indiana: 1.3 per 1,000 (186 girls)
- Arkansas: 1.3 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.3 per 1,000 (31 girls)
Alayna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,407 |
| 1960s | 105 | #2,632 |
| 1970s | 245 | #2,147 |
| 1980s | 928 | #1,180 |
| 1990s | 3,278 | #459 |
| 2000s | 10,110 | #271 |
| 2010s | 14,452 | #201 |
| 2020s | 6,455 | #248 |
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Questions
- Is Alayna a boy or girl name?
- Alayna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alayna were girls.
- How popular is the name Alayna?
- 927 baby girls were named Alayna in the US in 2025, making it the 332nd most popular girl name.
- When was Alayna most popular?
- Alayna peaked in 2013, when 1,563 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #201 in 2012.
- How many people are named Alayna?
- 35,594 babies have been named Alayna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 35,297 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Alayna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alayna was most common in West Virginia, at 2.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.