Dalena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-LAY-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Dalena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Dalena come from?
Hebrew: probably a short form of Madalena (Magdalena)
Is Dalena a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dalena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Dalena, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Dalena in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dalena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
Names like Dalena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daniela Brianna Samantha Kiara Briana Mckenna Fiona Davina Danna Gianna Cassidy Jessica
Names related to Dalena
Dalani Dayleen Delana Daelani Dalaney Delayna Delaina Dalina
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Dalena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dalena, updated 20 October 2026.