girl's name
Aitana
ay-TAH-na
- Origin Spanish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 10,333
the United States
#211
2025 births
Aitana is a girl's name taken from a mountain range in Alicante, and it was effectively created by one poet — Rafael Alberti named his daughter after the Sierra de Aitana in 1941.
- Aitana is a name of Spanish origin.
- Peaked in 2024, when 1,460 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,310 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1995.
Aitana over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 75 |
| 2000s | 120 |
| 2010s | 2,668 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 6,941 |
What Aitana means
Aitana has no meaning as a personal name. It is a place name, and the mountain's own origin is uncertain — possibly pre-Roman Iberian, with an Arabic reading also proposed.
Where Aitana comes from
Aitana is the Sierra de Aitana, the highest range in the province of Alicante. Its own etymology is unresolved: a pre-Roman Iberian source is likely, and an Arabic derivation has been suggested from the period of Muslim rule. The Spanish poet Rafael Alberti, in exile in Argentina, named his daughter Aitana in 1941 after the mountains of his homeland, and the name entered Spanish use from there — so a name common across Spain today can be traced to one act of naming in exile.
Aitana in use
Our data shows Aitana peaking in 2024 and still rising, at 211 in the United States against 3,003 in England and Wales. It first appears in our records in 1995, half a century after Alberti named his daughter — the lag reflecting how long it took to spread from one family into general Spanish use and then to Hispanic America.
How popular is Aitana?
In 2025, Aitana was given to 1,435 babies in the United States, ranking #211 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Aitana is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Aitana is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Aïtana | Aïtana is Aitana written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #1,355. | 170 |
Names that peaked alongside Aitana
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Aitana also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aitana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Aitana
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Aitana in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Aitana
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aitana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Aitana
What does the name Aitana mean?
It has no meaning as a name — it is a mountain range in Alicante, whose own origin is uncertain.
Who first used Aitana as a name?
The poet Rafael Alberti, who named his daughter after the Sierra de Aitana in 1941 while exiled in Argentina.
Is Aitana Basque?
No, despite the sound. It is a mountain in Alicante, and its name is likely pre-Roman Iberian.
How popular is the name Aitana?
In 2025, Aitana was given to 1,435 babies in the United States, ranking #211 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Aitana a girl's or a boy's name?
Aitana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Aitana most popular?
Aitana peaked in 2024, when 1,460 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Aitana?
Aitana is usually shortened to Ai and Tana.
Is Aitana a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aitana currently ranks #211 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.