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Alaina

Alaina means “precious, or rock (debated)” (Celtic origin). 50,584 US babies since 1940, peak 2011.

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What it means

“precious, or rock (debated)”

CelticDebated

In US birth records

Peak year: 2011

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50,584 US babies were named Alaina between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Alaina (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 6 Alanas spell it Alaina

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2011)