Kalena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-na
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Kalena is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
Where does Kalena come from?
Possibly Hawaiian, or Ka- + Lena
Is Kalena a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,167among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Kalena, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Kalena in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were given Kalena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #981, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Kalena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,646 |
| 2017 | 97 | #2,018 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,712 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,680 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 91 | #2,152 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,464 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,419 |
| 2005 | 86 | #2,139 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,141 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 67 | #2,356 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,565 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,046 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Kalena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Mckenna Brianna Cassidy Kiana Kennedy Fiona Kianna Keyla Teagan Sienna Brynn
Other spellings of Kalena
Names related to Kalena
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, “Kalena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalena, updated 20 October 2026.