Alena

#707 for girls in 2025, 398 births

Peak · girls
#596
2015 · 499 births
Debut · girls
1891
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,014
since 1891

Alena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alena has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #596, 2015girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#707398
2024#752375
2023#819339
2022#745388
2021#766372
2020#679417
2019#731386
2018#739377
2017#632466
2016#635471
2015#596499
2014#616465
2013#729375
2012#742374
2011#745369
2010#727385
2009#724401
2008#682445
2007#677433
2006#667431
2005#690401
2004#676406
2003#664400
2002#731333
2001#709346
2000#723321
1999#764290
1998#769280
1997#797260
1996#799258
1995#806246
1994#921205
1993#996186
1992#1,056173
1991#1,219141
1990#1,110157
1989#1,067158
1988#1,249118
1987#1,209119
1986#1,177120
1985#950163
1984#1,33291
1983#1,150115
1982#1,074133
1981#1,034139
1980#982151
1979#1,097124
1978#1,141112
1977#1,206101
1976#1,19195
1975#1,40475
1974#1,23988
1973#1,36173
1972#1,38072
1971#1,57561
1970#1,47468
1969#1,40268
1968#1,90939
1967#1,47857
1966#1,62148
1965#1,71543
1964#1,55953
1963#1,50855
1962#2,11331
1961#2,47424
1960#2,19628
1959#2,05430
1958#2,44922
1957#1,98930
1956#2,82617
1955#2,02428
1954#2,88915
1953#2,81215
1952#3,7969
1951#3,10612
1950#2,53516
1949#2,72614
1948#2,82813
1947#3,7069
1946#2,73913
1945#2,06017
1944#3,3788
1943#2,86111
1942#2,66612
1941#3,2528
1940#3,2088
1939#2,41712
1938#2,11315
1937#2,73510
1936—
1935#2,9269
1934#2,08715
1933#2,8689
1932#3,0479
1931#2,20514
1930#2,42513
1929#2,58712
1928#1,83721
1927#2,25616
1926#2,25716
1925#1,89121
1924#1,99220
1923#3,3509
1922#1,73024
1921#2,28216
1920#1,66625
1919#2,51513
1918#1,88720
1917#2,10016
1916#1,63022
1915#1,80018
1914#1,89613
1913#1,60114
1912#2,6346
1911#1,9567
1910#2,1406
1909#2,2085
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906#1,3219
1905#1,9315
1904—
1903#1,5926
1902#1,3208
1901—
1900#1,5617
1899#1,5965
1898#96313
1897—
1896#1,2138
1895—
1894#1,2377
1893#1,4375
1892—
1891#1,3325
1890—
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First appearance
1891

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
124 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 2015 at #596 (499 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,577
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 26.0% of all girls named Alena (4,167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s43#963 (1898)#1,296
1900s52#1,320 (1902)#1,702
1910s135#1,601 (1913)#2,016
1920s180#1,666 (1920)#2,185
1930s106#2,087 (1934)#2,536
1940s113#2,060 (1945)#2,942
1950s194#1,989 (1957)#2,648
1960s446#1,402 (1969)#1,798
1970s869#1,097 (1979)#1,307
1980s1,307#950 (1985)#1,122
1990s2,196#764 (1999)#924
2000s3,917#664 (2003)#694
2010s4,167#596 (2015)#689
2020s2,289#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 1937

girls
#2,735
10 births · 1 in 106,403 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #2,735Alena10
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 106,403 of them was named Alena, which outranked 44.5% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alena
  1. #2,570Wynelle11
  2. #2,570Wyvonne11
  3. #2,570Yoshiko11
  4. #2,735Alena10
  5. #2,735Adda10
  6. #2,735Adline10
  7. #2,735Allegra10
  8. #2,940Adah9
  9. #2,940Adelene9
  10. #2,940Agness9

Tied with 204 names at #2,735; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937 →