Alaina

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A few things about Alaina you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Alaina

Alaina Huffman

Canadian actress

Choose Alaina and your child shares a first name with Alaina Huffman, a Canadian actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Alaina, like who?” Alaina Huffman's Wikipedia article is available in 26 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,177 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Alaina, 1,366 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Alaina would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAlaina first shows up in US birth records in 1946, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 79 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2011, when it reached #156.
• 🍂TrendAlaina has slipped 27 places over the last five years and now sits at #224. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedAlaina is most popular in Delaware, where it ranks #115, followed by Pennsylvania (#136) and Mississippi (#143). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 🌍OriginAlaina is the #2 most popular Hawaiian girl name in the US. That's out of 102 Hawaiian girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Alaina

Alaina is a girl name of Celtic, French and Hawaiian origin. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-ina”. US birth records list Alaina for girls from 1946 to 2025, in 78 of those 80 years. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked #156 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #224, with 1,366 babies.

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