girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Alina

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #130 Trend ↑ Rising 22%

Borrowed from Italian Alina, or a Latinate form of French Aline, ultimately from diminutives of the same Germanic name Adela, Adele.

Rank 2025
#130
among girls · ↑6 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,204
named Alina · +1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 729
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
2,204 babies
All-time total
45,387
#634 all-time among girls
First recorded
1892
in Social Security records

Alina popularity over time

45,387 babies have been named Alina since 1892, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s 16 2 – #1,431
1900s – – – –
1910s 18 2 – #3,633
1920s 33 3 +83% #3,407
1930s 7 1 -79% #3,461
1940s 43 4 +514% #3,619
1950s 100 10 +133% #2,532
1960s 491 49 +391% #1,250
1970s 1,185 119 +141% #912
1980s 1,851 185 +56% #703
1990s 4,302 430 +132% #477
2000s 9,604 960 +123% #194
2010s 15,599 1,560 +62% #156
2020s (to 2025) 12,138 2,023 +30% #130

Where Alina is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,278 1.42 #119
2027 2,343 1.46 #116
2028 2,400 1.49 #114
2029 2,449 1.52 #112
2030 2,492 1.55 #109

Where Alina is most popular

Girls named Alina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.29 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, Nevada, and California.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Alina born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Hawaii 52 4.54 +253%
Nevada 154 3.32 +158%
California 2,531 3.01 +134%
New Mexico 58 2.38 +85%
Rhode Island 29 2.32 +80%
Arizona 284 2.02 +57%
Connecticut 117 2.01 +56%
North Dakota 26 1.98 +54%
Illinois 438 1.91 +49%
Washington 272 1.88 +46%
Oregon 118 1.81 +41%
New Jersey 324 1.80 +40%
District of Columbia 21 1.77 +38%
Texas 1,412 1.76 +36%
New York 672 1.70 +32%
Virginia 285 1.67 +30%
Massachusetts 202 1.67 +30%
Florida 701 1.64 +27%
Maryland 172 1.62 +26%
Colorado 149 1.33 ≈ national
Idaho 42 1.26 ≈ national
Pennsylvania 293 1.24 ≈ national
Wisconsin 122 1.18 -8%
Delaware 13 1.15 -11%
Michigan 207 1.14 -12%
North Carolina 257 1.13 -12%
Georgia 250 1.10 -14%
Kansas 61 1.06 -18%
Nebraska 38 1.06 -18%
Arkansas 53 1.00 -22%
Utah 72 0.865 -33%
Oklahoma 59 0.802 -38%
Missouri 96 0.797 -38%
South Carolina 68 0.756 -41%
Indiana 103 0.734 -43%
Ohio 174 0.733 -43%
Kentucky 61 0.713 -45%
Tennessee 111 0.701 -46%
Louisiana 59 0.674 -48%
Iowa 39 0.667 -48%
South Dakota 9 0.630 -51%
Minnesota 62 0.575 -55%
Alabama 50 0.533 -59%
Mississippi 17 0.363 -72%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -79%
Alaska – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Alina

Alina is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #130 in 2025 with 2,204 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1892, 45,387 American babies have been named Alina. Its peak came in 2025, when 2,204 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Alina stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alina?

The median living Alina is about 11 years old; half are between 5 and 20. An estimated 45 thousand people named Alina are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Alina year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 2,204 #130
2024 2,182 #136
2023 1,902 #150
2022 2,122 #133
2021 2,027 #135
2020 1,701 #170
2019 1,833 #156
2018 1,799 #157
2017 1,659 #187
2016 1,824 #178
2015 1,857 #173
2014 1,714 #193
2013 1,263 #252
2012 1,201 #271
2011 1,210 #267
2010 1,239 #265
2009 1,321 #249
2008 1,407 #247
2007 1,737 #194
2006 934 #354
2005 809 #389
2004 789 #394
2003 768 #397
2002 670 #433
2001 574 #485
2000 595 #466
1995 488 #503
1990 326 #664
1985 185 #863
1980 152 #977
1975 126 #978
1970 99 #1,168
1965 53 #1,528
1960 20 #2,733
1955 15 #2,973
1950 – –
1945 7 #3,679
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 5 #4,987
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 6 #1,431
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Alina

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Alina Kabaeva Alina Kabaeva Russian athlete and politician (born 1983) Contemporary
  2. 2 Alina Zagitova Alina Zagitova Russian figure skater (born 2002) Contemporary
  3. 3 Alina Plugaru Alina Plugaru Romanian pornographic film actress b. 1987 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Alina Orlova Alina Orlova Lithuanian musician b. 1988 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Alina Dumitru Alina Dumitru Romanian judoka (born 1982) Contemporary
  6. 6 Alina Janowska Alina Janowska Polish actress 1923–2017 · Contemporary
  7. 7 Alina Jidkova Alina Jidkova Russian tennis player b. 1977 · Contemporary
  8. 8 Alina Astafei Alina Astafei Romanian-German track and field athlete b. 1969 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Alina Talay Alina Talay Belarusian hurdler b. 1989 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Alina, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Alina?

The median living Alina is about 11 years old. Half of all living Alinas are between 5 and 20 years old.

How many people named Alina are alive today?

An estimated 45 thousand people named Alina are alive in the United States, based on 45,387 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Alina mean?

Borrowed from Italian Alina, or a Latinate form of French Aline, ultimately from diminutives of the same Germanic name Adela, Adele.

How popular is the name Alina in 2025?

Alina ranked #130 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,204 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alina?

45,387 babies have been named Alina in the United States since 1892, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alina most popular?

Alina peaked in 2025, when 2,204 newborns received the name.

Is Alina a boy or girl name?

Alina is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Alina rising or falling?

Alina is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Alina become more popular?

Alina is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,492 girls named Alina in 2030, which would rank around #109. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Alina?

Well-known people named Alina include Alina Kabaeva (gymnast), Alina Zagitova (skater), Alina Plugaru (pornographic actor).

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