Alana

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alana: Recorded every year since 1980, it reached #49 in 1983, and it stood at #247 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
150times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#49highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Alana's record

Ranked every year since 1980, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 32 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#233
1997	#201
1998	#254
1999	#230
2000	#284
2001	#206
2002	#212
2003	#195
2004	#212
2005	#227
2006	#216
2007	#230
2008	#255
2009	#227
2010	#208
2011	#224
2012	#210
2013	#207
2014	#184
2015	#227
2016	#172
2017	#179
2018	#216
2019	#185
2020	#225
2021	#209
2022	#222
2023	#224
2024	#211

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1980 to 2025.

In 2024: #211 among girls in England and Wales, #227 among girls in Northern Ireland, #232 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #431 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1980–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #96 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1980–1997
Highest recorded position: #49 among girls in New Zealand, in 1983 (recorded 1980–1997).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #247 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alana appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1980, and has registered 1,151 births with the name.

Alana across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alana's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#432 (1980)	#89 (2004)	#247 (2025)	46 of 46	1,151 (1980–2025)	63 (2004)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#96 (1980)	#53 (1991)	#91 (2011)	29 of 32	2,887 (1980–2011)	137 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#233 (1996)	#172 (2016)	#211 (2024)	29 of 29	6,448 (1996–2024)	320 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#89 (1997)	#67 (2001)	#227 (2024)	28 of 28	415 (1997–2024)	33 (2001)
New Zealand · Girls	#92 (1980)	#49 (1983)	#76 (1997)	17 of 18	1,194 (1980–1997)	95 (1983)

Alana by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alana in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	90	10 of 10	9
1990s	225	10 of 10	23
2000sbusiest	469	10 of 10	47
2010s	267	10 of 10	27
2020s	100	6 of 10	17

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 47 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Alana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #49 in New Zealand in 1983.

Alana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#211	229	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#224	208	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#222	215	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#209	244	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#225	208	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#185	268	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#216	235	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#179	303	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#172	320	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#227	223	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#184	288	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#207	247	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#210	239	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#224	226	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#208	239	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#227	213	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#255	191	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#230	223	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#216	223	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#227	207	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#212	215	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#195	238	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#212	201	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#206	191	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#284	133	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#230	179	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#254	157	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#201	215	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#233	170	High	Verified
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New Zealand	female	#76	60	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#96	48	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#96	50	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#74	64	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#60	88	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#66	79	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#71	77	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#86	59	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#95	54	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#77	67	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#63	78	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#63	81	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#59	87	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#49	95	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#53	89	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#81	64	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#92	54	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#175	12	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#141	14	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#142	16	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#130	18	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#99	24	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#121	20	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#115	19	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#93	22	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#126	16	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#108	17	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#105	19	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#91	22	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#67	33	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#100	20	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#114	18	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#91	26	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#89	26	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	18	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	17	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	24	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	22	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	31	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	24	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	30	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	34	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	37	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	40	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	38	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	43	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	42	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	60	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	40	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	63	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	53	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	49	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	50	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	31	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	40	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	27	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	44	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	31	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	20	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	19	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	11	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#431	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1980 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #49, first reached in 1983.

It held a top-100 place in 32 years, 32 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 320 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, and 44 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alaiza · #2449, 13y
Alan · #9, 78y
Alana-Rose · #2711, 14y
Alanah · #225, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kiara · #49, 48y
Jessie · #46, 42y
Kane · #57, 45y
Billy · #39, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Alannah · #49, 42y
Linus · #49, 34y
Milla · #49, 32y
Ariana · #50, 34y

Alana was ranked #49 in New Zealand · Girls in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alana without appearing here.

Alana moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #284 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #206 and #871.
Ann Compare
In 2023 they stood at #296 and #296 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #232 and #556.
Debra Compare
In 1990 they stood at #336 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #250 and #515.
Judith Compare
In 1992 they stood at #338 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #254 and #516.

Moved ahead of Alana

Millie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #141 and #178 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #439 and #142.
Matilda Compare
In 2011 they stood at #142 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #383 and #163.
Fiadh Compare
In 2011 they stood at #142 and #311 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #383 and #172.
Sadie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #142 and #311 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #383 and #229.

Moved the opposite way to Alana

Aimee Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 while Aimee went from #352 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 while Aisling went from #40 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 while Alison went from #67 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 while Amanda went from #37 to #608.

Moved the same way as Alana

Abigail Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 and Abigail from #370 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 and Alice from #144 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 and Anna from #70 to #26.
Annie Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alana went from #432 to #247 and Annie from #245 to #33.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #49 in New Zealand in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alana

Alana at a glance

What stands out in Alana's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alana across 5 official records

Alana by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Alana

Alana and the names beside it

Alana moved ahead of

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Alana at a glance

What stands out in Alana's record

Alana across 5 official records

Alana by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Alana

Alana and the names beside it

Alana moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alana

Moved the opposite way to Alana

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