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Its wave through time Most used in the 1890s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1893 per million babies of that sex 2,005 babies given this name since 1888 At its height in 1893, about 1 in 21,300 girls 30 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Alan Boy A Breton name of uncertain meaning; 'harmony' and 'little rock' are popular glosses without firm support. Early Medieval · peak 1951 Allen Boy A variant of Alan, a Breton name of uncertain meaning, also an English surname. Victorian · peak 1947 Alana Girl Usually treated as a feminine of Alan, itself of uncertain Breton or Celtic origin. Claims that it means 'child' in… Modern · peak 2007 Alaina Girl A modern feminine of Alan, a name of uncertain Breton or Celtic origin. Modern · peak 2011 Alonzo Boy A form of Spanish Alonso, from Visigothic Adalfuns, Germanic adal 'noble' and funs 'ready, eager'. Victorian · peak 1880 Alondra Girl Usually taken from Spanish alondra 'lark'. It is also sometimes explained as a form of Alessandra. Modern · peak 2005 Alina Girl Of several origins: often a short form of Adelina or Albina, and in some regions linked to other names; no single… Modern · peak 2019 Alayna Girl A modern spelling of Alaina, a feminine of Alan, a name of uncertain Breton or Celtic origin. Modern · peak 2013 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.