Alayna
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from the Celtic languages
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɑɫəɪnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Alayna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 13K(measured from records)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 109K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 117K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 334 (measured from records)
- 1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
25,758 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Celtic languages.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Alayna, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alayna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 25,758 | 1 in 13K | 26K | Alayna | 334 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 183K | listed | Alayna | 8 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 754K | — | Alayna | 15 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Alayna | 8 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 266K | 8 | Alayna | 67 |
| AU Australia | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 139K | 3 | Alayna | 73 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 109K | 12 | Alayna | 31 |
| AL Albania | 21 | 1 in 146K | 21 | — | — |
25,758 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); the pk-muslim-names-cc0 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Alayna is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, variant of Elena or Alaina
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alayna Burnsb. 1980AUAustralian cyclist
- Alayna Westcomb. 1991USMiss Vermont 2015
- Alayna Treeneb. 1994USAmerican journalist
- Alayna Sonnesynb. 1996American cross-country skier
- Alayna Coleresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 47 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 26K | #1,378 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 927 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 33 | #1,378 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 21 | #7,131 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 12 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 8 | #384 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2023 | 3 | #391 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2016 | 3 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 2 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2017 | 2 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Alayna?
- In the etymology graph, Alana, Alanna and Alaina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Alayna?
- A machine transcription gives /ɑɫəɪnə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Alayna mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Celtic languages. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Alayna a male or female name?
- Alayna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Alayna have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 26 thousand people named Alayna, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alayna.
- Where is Alayna most common?
- Alayna is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Alayna?
- In the United States, the national register counted 25,758 people named Alayna in 2020, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Alayna?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alaynaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alayna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.