Kaleena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-na
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Kaleena is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Kaleena mean?
Modern: Ka- + Lena; matches Slavic Kalina
Sounds like Kalina, a Slavic name taken from the word for the guelder-rose shrub.
Is Kaleena a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaleena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaleena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Kaleena, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 341 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had the fewest girls named Kaleena since it first appeared, in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Kaleena in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were given Kaleena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #981, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Kaleena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 79 | #1,538 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,492 |
| 1984 | 101 | #1,260 |
| 1983 | 341 | #547 |
| 1982 | 270 | #660 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
Names like Kaleena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Kiana Kianna Brianna Mckenna Cassidy Keyla Kaylee Fiona Briana Kennedy Kaitlyn
Other spellings of Kaleena
Names related to Kaleena
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, “Kaleena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaleena, updated 20 October 2026.