How Many People Are Named Alena?
people named Alena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,503 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,014 babies named Alena in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
499 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of MAGDALENA or HELENA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alena alive today is about 22 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alena first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 2015, to 499 babies. In 2025, 398 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #596, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #707.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #707 |
| Best rank | #596 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #682 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alena were born in California than in any other state: about 2,134 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alena was given 1.8 times as often in Hawaii, 1.7 times in Washington and 1.6 times in Michigan.
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