Delena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-LEE-nah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Delena is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Delena come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps De- + Lena
Is Delena a girl's or a boy's name?
Delena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Delena, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1967, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the girls named Delena in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,056 |
| 1967 | 58 | #1,460 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,672 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,802 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,622 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,888 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,719 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,816 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
Nicknames for Delena
- Lena 185 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Delena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diana Rebecca Regina Angela Deanna Monica Melissa Darla Maria Priscilla Teresa Donna
Names related to Delena
Delaney Delani Delainey Delany Delina Delana Delanee Delainee
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Delena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delena, updated 20 October 2026.