girl's name
Alina
uh-LEE-nuh
- Origin Germanic
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 56,140
the United States
#130
2025 births
Alina is a girl's name with several origins. It functions as a short form of Adelina and so means "noble," from the Germanic adal; a Slavic line connects it to light or bright; and an Arabic reading gives "noble" from a different root entirely.
- Alina is a name of Germanic origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 2,204 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 1,504 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1892.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Alina over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1890s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 |
| 1910s | 18 |
| 1920s | 33 |
| 1930s | 7 |
| 1940s | 43 |
| 1950s | 100 |
| 1960s | 491 |
| 1970s | 1,185 |
| 1980s | 1,851 |
| 1990s | 4,302 |
| 2000s | 9,604 |
| 2010s | 15,599 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 12,138 |
What Alina means
Alina is most often read as noble, inherited from Adelina and the Germanic adal. Sources also give bright or light, following Slavic and Latin lines, and the readings are not reconciled.
Where Alina comes from
Alina reaches modern use from several directions. In western Europe it is a shortened Adelina, itself from the Germanic adal, meaning noble — the same root behind Adelaide, Adeline and Alice. In Slavic-speaking countries it is a long-established name in its own right, often connected to a root meaning bright or light. Arabic has a separate Alina, and Persian yet another. Because these traditions all produced the same spelling, reference works list noble, bright and beautiful side by side. The name is common across Poland, Russia, Romania, Germany and Italy, and has grown steadily in English-speaking countries.
How popular is Alina?
In 2025, Alina was given to 2,204 babies in the United States, ranking #130 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Alina 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 Alina is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Alîna | Alîna is a rare spelling of Alina, written with a circumflex and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Alina
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Alina also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
4 nicknames for Alina
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.
Alina 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 Alina
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Alina
What does the name Alina mean?
Most often "noble," from the Germanic adal via Adelina, though Slavic and Arabic lines give bright and noble by different roots.
Is Alina a Russian name?
It is long established across Slavic-speaking countries, and separately in Germanic and Arabic traditions.
Is Alina short for Adelina?
In western European use, yes — though it is an independent name elsewhere.
How popular is the name Alina?
In 2025, Alina was given to 2,204 babies in the United States, ranking #130 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Alina a girl's or a boy's name?
Alina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Alina?
Alina has 3 syllables.
When was Alina most popular?
Alina peaked in 2025, when 2,204 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Alina?
Alina is usually shortened to Lina, Ali, Lin and Alie.
Is Alina a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alina currently ranks #126 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.