Aitana
Aitana is a Spanish feminine given name. The personal name is derived from a Spanish place name, Sierra de Aitana. The exiled Spanish poet Rafael Alberti first used the name for his daughter in 1941 to commemorate his last view of his home country before he went into exile following the Spanish Civil War.
Meaning & Origin of Aitana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aitana is a Spanish feminine given name. The personal name is derived from a Spanish place name, Sierra de Aitana. The exiled Spanish poet Rafael Alberti first used the name for his daughter in 1941 to commemorate his last view of his home country before he went into exile following the Spanish Civil War.
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The Story of Aitana
Aitana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1995, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 1,590 Aitanas were born — ranking #196 that year. As of 2026, Aitana ranks #196 for baby girls with 1,590 births, rising sharply (+106% over the past five years). In total, more than 11K Aitanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Aitana
Aitana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Aitana's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #196. Use the chart and map above to compare Aitana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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