Aitana
- Pronunciation
- [Ai-ta-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Glory
- Origin
- Basque
About the Name Aitana
Aitana descends from the Basque language, named after the Sierra de Aitana mountain range in the Valencian Community of southeastern Spain. The mountain's name itself derives from Basque etymology of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "glory" or referring to a legendary regional figure. The name has been continuously used in Spanish naming traditions, particularly common in Catalonia and the Valencian Community.
The name's overwhelming modern cultural anchor is Spanish singer Aitana (Aitana Ocaña Morales, born 1999, the Spanish singer who finished second on Spain's Operación Triunfo 2017 reality singing competition and has become one of the major figures of contemporary Spanish-language pop music). The single-name stage persona has anchored the name in 2010s and 2020s Spanish-language popular culture.
Aitana's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2015 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by Spanish-speaking American immigration. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Basque-Spanish-cultural pedigree, the strong contemporary Spanish-music cultural anchor, and the popular three-syllable structure with vowel-rich rhythm. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to Spanish-language naming. The name reads as both classical-Basque and contemporary Spanish-American. Common nicknames Ai, Tana (back-end shortening), and the rare Aiti each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Aitana and Aytana have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the original Basque Aitana.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Aitana
US Popularity History (2015–2025)
Annual US births named Aitana by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2024 with 1,455 girls named Aitana (girl rank #211 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #211 for girls (1,435 US births).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Aitana Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Aitana the strongest states are New Mexico, Texas, Nebraska.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #154 | 91 |
| 2 | Texas | #159 | 1,890 |
| 3 | Nebraska | #190 | 36 |
| 4 | Arizona | #206 | 309 |
| 5 | California | #252 | 1,387 |
| 6 | Nevada | #276 | 109 |
| 7 | Connecticut | #310 | 42 |
| 8 | Colorado | #337 | 179 |
| 9 | Kansas | #353 | 47 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #393 | 230 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | #968 | 21 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #929 | 38 |
| 3 | Missouri | #639 | 25 |
| 4 | Indiana | #628 | 82 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #619 | 24 |
| 6 | Minnesota | #577 | 62 |
| 7 | Virginia | #557 | 120 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #545 | 124 |
| 9 | Kentucky | #522 | 44 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #522 | 60 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Aitana in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analee | Grace. Favor. Variant Of Anna. | Female | Spanish |
| Analeigh | Grace. Favor. Variant Of Anna. | Female | Spanish |
| Analena | Grace. Favor. Variant Of Anna. | Female | Spanish |
| Anamarie | Grace Or Bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Anarosa | Grace. Favor. Variant Of Anna. | Female | Spanish |
| Anica | Grace | Female | Romanian |
| Anka | Grace | Female | Hebrew |
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Compare Aitana to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Aitana against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).