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Alena

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-LAY-na
UK rank, 2025
#1,217 for girls
US rank, 2025
#707 for girls

Alena is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 707th for girls in the US (398 babies).

Where does Alena come from?

Czech, Slovak and Russian name, probably a short form of Helena or Magdalena

Is Alena a girl's or a boy's name?

Alena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 398 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alena in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,217th among girls
Babies in 2025
28 about 1 in 9,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Alena, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 36 girls.

Half of all the girls named Alena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 348 girls in the UK were given Alena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #181, up from #1,217 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 36 in 20162025
Alena in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202528#1,217
202423#1,449
202322#1,497
202228#1,248
202134#1,078
202028#1,246
201929#1,220
201821#1,577
201728#1,284
201636#1,056
201527#1,317
201421#1,544
201318#1,727
201222#1,516
201116#1,824
201030#1,167
200918#1,621
200822#1,390
200719#1,477
200631#1,000
200523#1,172
200415#1,561
200312#1,730
200216#1,333
200114#1,461
200013#1,502
199920#1,103
19986#2,535
199714#1,387
199613#1,450

How popular is Alena in the US?

Rank in 2025
707th among girls
Babies in 2025
398 about 1 in 4,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 398 girls in the US were named Alena, making it the 707th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 499 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.

2025 had more girls named Alena than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Alena in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,992 girls in the US were given Alena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #108, up from #707 for this spelling alone.

1891Busiest: 499 in 20152025
Alena in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025398#707
2024375#752
2023339#819
2022388#745
2021372#766
2020417#679
2019386#731
2018377#739
2017466#632
2016471#635
2015499#596
2014465#616
2013375#729
2012374#742
2011369#745
2010385#727
2009401#724
2008445#682
2007433#677
2006431#667
2005401#690
2004406#676
2003400#664
2002333#731
2001346#709
2000321#723
1999290#763
1998280#769
1997260#797
1996258#799
1995246#805
1994205#920
1993186#994
1992173#1,054
1991141#1,215
1990157#1,107
1989158#1,064
1988118#1,248
1987119#1,209
1986120#1,177
1985163#950
198491#1,332
1983115#1,150
1982133#1,074
1981139#1,034
1980151#982
1979124#1,097
1978112#1,141
1977101#1,206
197695#1,191
197575#1,404
197488#1,239
197373#1,361
197272#1,380
197161#1,575
197068#1,474
196968#1,402
196839#1,909
196757#1,478
196648#1,621
196543#1,715
196453#1,559
196355#1,508
196231#2,112
196124#2,473
196028#2,195
195930#2,053
195822#2,448
195730#1,988
195617#2,825
195528#2,023
195415#2,888
195315#2,811
19529#3,795
195112#3,105
195016#2,534
194914#2,725
194813#2,827
19479#3,704
194613#2,738
194517#2,059
19448#3,377
194311#2,860
194212#2,665
19418#3,250
19408#3,206
193912#2,417
193815#2,113
193710#2,734
19360–
19359#2,924
193415#2,086
19339#2,867
19329#3,045
193114#2,204
193013#2,424
192912#2,586
192821#1,836
192716#2,255
192616#2,256
192521#1,890
192420#1,991
19239#3,349
192224#1,730
192116#2,282
192025#1,666
191913#2,515
191820#1,887
191716#2,099
191622#1,630
191518#1,799
191413#1,896
191314#1,601
19126#2,632
19117#1,956
19106#2,140
19095#2,208
19086#1,862
19076#1,820
19069#1,321
19055#1,930
19040–
19036#1,592
19028#1,320
19010–
19007#1,560
18995#1,595
189813#963
18970–
18968#1,213
18950–
18947#1,236
18935#1,437
18920–
18915#1,332

Names like Alena

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Athena, Aurora, Fatima, Ava, Alina, Aria, Arabella, Alba, Elena, Sienna, Zara, Ariella

Other spellings of Alena

Alayna, Alaina, Aleyna, Alaynah, Alaynna, Alenna, Alainna, Alainah, Aleynah, Aleighna, Alenah

Names related to Alena

Alana, Aleena, Elaina, Elayna, Aleen, Aylen

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Alena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alena, updated 20 October 2026.