Girls' name · since 2008
Alayana
23 babies named Alayana in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Alayana since 2008, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alayana has 23 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2024.
- #43,905 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alayana ranks #43,905 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #43,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alayana's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alayana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alayana splits its recorded history at 2022: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alayana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Alayana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Alayana's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Alayana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alayana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alayana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.