Aylana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aylana by the numbers

Aylana was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Aylana

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 Aylana. 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)
  • Allanafair, beautiful; a form of Alana65 in the US (2017)
  • Ailanabright, fair; feminine form of alan20 in the US (2017)
  • Ayana81 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aylani68 in the US (2017)
  • Ayaana14 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Aylana

Names that are said the same way as Aylana, 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 Aylana

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