Alena Girl
How popular is Alena?
#707 girl name in 2025
398 baby girls were named Alena in the US in 2025, making it the 707th most popular girl name.
Alena popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #707 for girls (▲ 45 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 398 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #596 in 2015, #679 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (499 girls) |
| Highest rank | #596 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alena family of names ranked #600 for girls in 2025 (#596 the year before), with 468 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alena | 398 | 85% |
| Aleana | 24 | 5% |
| Allena | 10 | 2% |
| Alenna | 17 | 4% |
| Aleanna | 14 | 3% |
| Alenah | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alena is most popular
Babies named Alena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Alena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 43 | #963 |
| 1900s | 52 | #1,320 |
| 1910s | 135 | #1,601 |
| 1920s | 180 | #1,666 |
| 1930s | 106 | #2,086 |
| 1940s | 113 | #2,059 |
| 1950s | 194 | #1,988 |
| 1960s | 446 | #1,402 |
| 1970s | 869 | #1,097 |
| 1980s | 1,307 | #950 |
| 1990s | 2,196 | #763 |
| 2000s | 3,917 | #664 |
| 2010s | 4,167 | #596 |
| 2020s | 2,289 | #679 |
Girl names about as popular as Alena
Questions
- Is Alena a boy or girl name?
- Alena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alena were girls.
- How popular is the name Alena?
- 398 baby girls were named Alena in the US in 2025, making it the 707th most popular girl name.
- When was Alena most popular?
- Alena peaked in 2015, when 499 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #596 in 2015.
- How many people are named Alena?
- 16,014 babies have been named Alena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,232 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Alena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alena was most common in Nevada, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.