Mena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-na
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Mena is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Mena mean?
Variant of Mina, which has several unrelated sources
Usually a variant of Mina, which can be a short form of Wilhelmina or a separate Persian or Arabic name.
Is Mena a girl's or a boy's name?
Mena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Mena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Mena, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 65 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mena in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 522 girls in the US were given Mena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #571, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
In 1988, 47% of the babies named Mena in the US were girls. By 2016 it was 80%, with more girls than boys since 2002.
Mena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Names like Mena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Ava, Luna, Matilda, Ella, Sophia, Mia, Bella, Isabella, Mila, Eva, Alba
Other spellings of Mena
Names related to Mena
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, “Mena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mena, updated 20 October 2026.