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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alayne

Gender

Female

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Beautiful: Dear child.
Gaelic
Bright
Irish

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alayne

Pronunciation

a-lay-ne

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1965 (rank #1769, 41 births); most recent 2024 (rank #13427, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025–
20246
20238
20228
2021–
20208
20199
2018–
2017–
201612

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1981 (rank #537, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence