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Alanna

Alanna means “little rock, or handsome (debated)” (Celtic origin). 26,994 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.

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What it means

“little rock, or handsome (debated)”

CelticFeminine form of Alan

In US birth records

Peak year: 2025

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26,994 US babies were named Alanna between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

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

Spelling family

1 in 12 Alanas spell it Alanna

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

Name twins (peaked around 2025)