Fun Facts About the Name Allana
- More than 3 thousand babies named Allana: U.S. records list 3,128 babies given the name Allana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Allana Mean?
Allana is a spelling variant of Alana, the feminine form of the masculine name Alan. Since the origin of Alan is itself disputed, the meaning of the feminine forms is not settled, and reference works offer competing explanations rather than one agreed sense.
One widely repeated explanation connects Alan with the Alans, a nomadic, Iranian-speaking people recorded in Roman-era sources and later settled in Gaul and Iberia; on that view the name may go back to an Iranian word related to arya-, "noble." Another explanation looks to a Celtic or Breton source, and a common gloss, "little rock," is usually traced to Irish Gaelic ailín. A further suggestion links the name to Irish álainn, "beautiful," though the resemblance may be only a coincidence of sound. None of these derivations has been firmly established, and the literal meaning of Alan - and therefore of Allana - remains uncertain.
Allana Name History & Origins
Alan was a familiar name in Brittany and Normandy in the Middle Ages and was carried to England after the Norman Conquest by several nobles, among them Alan Rufus, a companion of William the Conqueror who became earl of Richmond. The name also took root in Scotland, where it appears in Gaelic as Ailean, and it remained common there in later centuries. The feminine forms - Alana, Alanna, Alannah, and Allana - developed as female counterparts to the long-established male name.
Alana and its spellings are also used in Ireland, where the name is sometimes associated with Irish words such as álainn ("beautiful") or ailín ("little rock"). These are popular associations rather than documented lines of descent from those words, and they concern the feminine name rather than Alan. In current English-speaking use the several spellings are distinguished chiefly by appearance, not by meaning or derivation.
How Popular is the Name Allana?
Allana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #1,738 in 1999.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,169 | 50 | 0.0031% |
| 2024 | #3,691 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2023 | #2,934 | 57 | 0.0036% |
| 2022 | #4,379 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2021 | #3,939 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #3,612 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2019 | #3,671 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2018 | #2,710 | 63 | 0.0037% |
| 2017 | #2,664 | 65 | 0.0038% |
| 2016 | #2,937 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 2015 | #3,026 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 2014 | #2,537 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 2013 | #2,440 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 2012 | #2,599 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2011 | #2,103 | 91 | 0.0052% |
| 2010 | #2,673 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2009 | #2,549 | 73 | 0.0040% |
| 2008 | #2,105 | 96 | 0.0051% |
| 2007 | #2,117 | 95 | 0.0049% |
| 2006 | #2,108 | 92 | 0.0048% |
| 2005 | #2,254 | 80 | 0.0043% |
| 2004 | #2,345 | 73 | 0.0040% |
| 2003 | #2,146 | 81 | 0.0044% |
| 2002 | #2,064 | 83 | 0.0046% |
| 2001 | #1,978 | 86 | 0.0048% |
| 2000 | #1,885 | 90 | 0.0050% |
| 1999 | #1,738 | 92 | 0.0052% |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 1997 | #1,965 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 1996 | #2,106 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 1995 | #2,517 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 1994 | #2,046 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 1993 | #3,223 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1992 | #2,351 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 1990 | #2,493 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 1989 | #3,677 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1988 | #4,312 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1986 | #2,727 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1985 | #2,100 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 1984 | #3,072 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 1983 | #4,288 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #3,097 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 1981 | #3,628 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1980 | #3,415 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1979 | #3,444 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1978 | #2,861 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1977 | #3,372 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1976 | #2,867 | 26 | 0.0018% |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1974 | #3,427 | 19 | 0.0013% |
| 1973 | #3,976 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #4,530 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1971 | #2,957 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1970 | #4,497 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #4,726 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #3,320 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1967 | #4,631 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #4,203 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #5,822 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #4,102 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #4,546 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #4,013 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #4,553 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #5,708 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #6,257 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #6,115 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #6,094 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #4,469 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #5,221 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,721 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #3,112 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #3,810 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #3,110 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #4,328 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #2,855 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1948 | #2,705 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1947 | #2,147 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1946 | #2,233 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1945 | #3,137 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #2,950 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #3,861 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #2,848 | 10 | 0.0009% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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