Alena
#707 for girls in 2025, 398 births
- Peak · girls
- 2015 · 499 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,014since 1891
Alena over time
Rank among girls' names. Alena has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #707 | 398 |
| 2024 | #752 | 375 |
| 2023 | #819 | 339 |
| 2022 | #745 | 388 |
| 2021 | #766 | 372 |
| 2020 | #679 | 417 |
| 2019 | #731 | 386 |
| 2018 | #739 | 377 |
| 2017 | #632 | 466 |
| 2016 | #635 | 471 |
| 2015 | #596 | 499 |
| 2014 | #616 | 465 |
| 2013 | #729 | 375 |
| 2012 | #742 | 374 |
| 2011 | #745 | 369 |
| 2010 | #727 | 385 |
| 2009 | #724 | 401 |
| 2008 | #682 | 445 |
| 2007 | #677 | 433 |
| 2006 | #667 | 431 |
| 2005 | #690 | 401 |
| 2004 | #676 | 406 |
| 2003 | #664 | 400 |
| 2002 | #731 | 333 |
| 2001 | #709 | 346 |
| 2000 | #723 | 321 |
| 1999 | #764 | 290 |
| 1998 | #769 | 280 |
| 1997 | #797 | 260 |
| 1996 | #799 | 258 |
| 1995 | #806 | 246 |
| 1994 | #921 | 205 |
| 1993 | #996 | 186 |
| 1992 | #1,056 | 173 |
| 1991 | #1,219 | 141 |
| 1990 | #1,110 | 157 |
| 1989 | #1,067 | 158 |
| 1988 | #1,249 | 118 |
| 1987 | #1,209 | 119 |
| 1986 | #1,177 | 120 |
| 1985 | #950 | 163 |
| 1984 | #1,332 | 91 |
| 1983 | #1,150 | 115 |
| 1982 | #1,074 | 133 |
| 1981 | #1,034 | 139 |
| 1980 | #982 | 151 |
| 1979 | #1,097 | 124 |
| 1978 | #1,141 | 112 |
| 1977 | #1,206 | 101 |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 |
| 1975 | #1,404 | 75 |
| 1974 | #1,239 | 88 |
| 1973 | #1,361 | 73 |
| 1972 | #1,380 | 72 |
| 1971 | #1,575 | 61 |
| 1970 | #1,474 | 68 |
| 1969 | #1,402 | 68 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1966 | #1,621 | 48 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 |
| 1963 | #1,508 | 55 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Alena! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Alena
- 45 spots since 2024 (#752 → #707)
- 28 spots since 2020 (#679 → #707)
- 111 spots since 2015 (#596 → #707)
- Biggest jump: 382 spots in 1985 (#1,332 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 633 spots in 1899 (#963 → #1,596)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 2015 at #596 (499 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1993–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,577 girls born in 2015 were named Alena (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,038 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 26.0% of all girls named Alena (4,167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 43 | #963 (1898) | #1,296 |
| 1900s | 52 | #1,320 (1902) | #1,702 |
| 1910s | 135 | #1,601 (1913) | #2,016 |
| 1920s | 180 | #1,666 (1920) | #2,185 |
| 1930s | 106 | #2,087 (1934) | #2,536 |
| 1940s | 113 | #2,060 (1945) | #2,942 |
| 1950s | 194 | #1,989 (1957) | #2,648 |
| 1960s | 446 | #1,402 (1969) | #1,798 |
| 1970s | 869 | #1,097 (1979) | #1,307 |
| 1980s | 1,307 | #950 (1985) | #1,122 |
| 1990s | 2,196 | #764 (1999) | #924 |
| 2000s | 3,917 | #664 (2003) | #694 |
| 2010s | 4,167 | #596 (2015) | #689 |
| 2020s | 2,289 | #679 (2020) | #745 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alena in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
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1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 57,882 of them was named Alena, which outranked 66.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,805Yukiko21
- #1,805Zeta21
- #1,805Zina21
- #1,887Alena20
- #1,887Ardelia20
- #1,887Avanell20
- #1,887Azalea20
- #1,963Aleda19
- #1,963Alvie19
- #1,963Angelena19
Tied with 75 names at #1,887; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.