Name meaning & stats
Alana
Alana means “precious, or rock (debated)” (Celtic origin). 68,251 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“precious, or rock (debated)”
CelticDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
68,251 US babies were named Alana between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alana (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 21% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)