Alana

Where Alana comes from

Feminine form of Alan (from Alan + -a). In regular use since the 20th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alana
  • Celtic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1930
    First appearance
    #2,552 among girls, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Alana Evans born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1976
    Alana de la Garza born
    American actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #140
    2,085 babies named Alana — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alana de la Garza · American actress, born 1976
  • Alana Evans · American pornographic actress, born 1976
  • Alana Haim · American musician and actress, born 1991
  • Alana Gebremariam · Belarusian pro-democracy activist and feminist, born 1997
  • Alana Beard · American basketball player, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.