Ahlana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ahlana by the numbers

Ahlana was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Ahlana

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ahlana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alanafair, bright; feminine form of Alan1,432 in the US (2017)
  • Ahanadawn, first light of morning15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Allanafair, beautiful; a form of Alana65 in the US (2017)
  • Ahlanifrom the ocean or heavenly52 in the US (2017)
  • Ahaanamorning, dawn11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ailanabright, fair; feminine form of alan20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ahlana

Names that are said the same way as Ahlana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alainabright; a form of Alaina or Alana1,660 in the US (2017)
  • Alinabright; a form of Alina or Aline1,650 in the US (2017)
  • Alaynafair, bright; a form of Alana1,373 in the US (2017)
  • Alannafair; beautiful; a form of Alana563 in the US (2017)
  • Aleenabright, shining; a form of Helen or Alena150 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alenabright, shining; form of Helen462 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ahlana

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