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Alena

Gender

Female

Origin

Russian
TBD
Greek
Bright, shining one

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Celebrity

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alena

Pronunciation

a-le-na

Famous People

Model Alena Shishkova

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Kevin and Danielle Jonas

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #596, 495 births); most recent 2025 (rank #707, 398 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025398
2024375
2023339
2022388
2021372
2020416
2019386
2018377
2017466
2016471

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #1031, 34 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1271, 25 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202525
202423
202321
202227
202130
202022
201927
201819
201728
201634

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #885, 50 births); most recent 2023 (rank #815, 49 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202349
202248
202136
202043
201944
201850
201749
201637
201546
201438

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #654, 5 births); most recent 2020 (rank #806, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
20194
20184
20175
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #780, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #350, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20214
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #408, 9 births); most recent 2022 (rank #484, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
20227
20216
2020–
20196
20186
20178
2016–
2015–
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence