Allana
Feminine · “handsome”
Allana is a feminine form of Alan, and it also lands on an Irish phrase of endearment — a leanbh, my child — that English speakers have written as alanna for two hundred years. The two lines are separate and both are real.
How old is the name Allana?
Allana first appears in US birth records in 1930 — 95 years ago. The typical Allana alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 3,000 people named Allana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Allana most popular?
Allana peaked in 1999, reaching #1738 nationally. Today it ranks #3167, 1,429 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Alan to Allana
The story of Allana
Breton lords who came to England after 1066 brought Alan with them, and it was common in England and Scotland by the thirteenth century. Feminine forms — Alana, Alanna, Alannah, Allana — are much more recent, largely twentieth-century and largely English-speaking. The Irish endearment reinforced the sound in America, where nineteenth-century songs and novels used alanna as an affectionate address; the two streams have long since merged in the records.
Meaningscholars disagree
handsome, or little rock
Alan is a Breton name brought to England by Norman followers, and its origin is disputed: readings include a Celtic word for rock and one for handsome or cheerful. Separately, Irish a leanbh, my child, was anglicized as alanna in nineteenth-century writing and is a term of address rather than a name.
How the name formed
- Alan
- Alana
- Allana
Related forms: Alana · Alannah · Alan
Pronouncing Allana
uh-LAN-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some families say uh-LAH-nuh, with a broader middle vowel.
Nicknames for Allana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1930
- Most girls named
- 200896 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1738reached in 1999
- Change vs 2023
- −12.3%50 in 2025, from 57
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Allana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alana in English — spelling variant
- Alannah in Irish — spelling variant
- Alan in Breton — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Massachusetts.
Allanas among us
people named Allana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,145 born in 2025 was named Allana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Allana
- #3167
- Allana on the 2025 chart
- #82
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Allana went to 50 girls in 2025, but Alana, Alanna and Alannah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 3,429, which makes it the 82nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,085 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 469 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,145 for Allana itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Yana test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Allana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yana climbed just as high around 1956, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yana's path sketches the road Allana is walking now.
Allana sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Allana is headed
Allana should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Allana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Allana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It carries Lana inside it, a complete short form that works at any age.
- The sound is familiar in English, Irish and Hawaiian-influenced American naming alike.
- Alan has a documented eight-hundred-year record in Britain behind the sound.
- Alana, Alanna, Alannah and Allana are four live spellings and this one is not the most written.
- The middle vowel is said two ways and both are common.
- Alaina and Elena are close enough to be mistaken for it on a class list.
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Frequently asked
- How many Allanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Allana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Allana?
- Allana is one of 5 recorded spellings. Alana is the more common one — 2,085 births in 2025 against 50 for Allana.
- How popular is the name Allana in 2025?
- Allana ranks #3167 among US girl names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Allana?
- About 1 in every 32,145 US girls born in 2025 was named Allana — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Allana with classmates?
- Allana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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