Alena
Alena is ranked 749th among girls in 2024 (375 births). Its best rank was 596th, in 2015.
- Rank in 2024
- #749up 69 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3750.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2015499 births
- Best rank
- #596in 2015
- Since 1891
- 15,613people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,613 girls have been named Alena in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 499 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 616 → 749).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 43 | |
| 1900s | 52 | |
| 1910s | 135 | |
| 1920s | 180 | |
| 1930s | 106 | |
| 1940s | 113 | |
| 1950s | 194 | |
| 1960s | 446 | |
| 1970s | 869 | |
| 1980s | 1,307 | |
| 1990s | 2,196 | |
| 2000s | 3,916 | |
| 2010s | 4,166 | |
| 2020s | 1,890 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Alena was the 596th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2015 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Alena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zipporahpeak 2018
- Melinapeak 2009
- Giovannapeak 2005
- Yukipeak 2004
- Kerenpeak 2019
- Meenapeak 2008
- Munapeak 2019
- Ryannpeak 2006
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.