Yena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YEH-nah
- Origin
- Korean
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Yena is a girls' name of Korean origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Yena come from?
Korean: Korean name; meaning depends on the hanja chosen
Is Yena a girl's or a boy's name?
Yena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Yena, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Yena in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Yena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuna Ximena Dakota Luna Yusra Yara Amora Yumna Minha Isla Tru Solana
Names related to Yena
More Korean names
Jae Nari Tae Ho Joon Yoona Nabi Sarang Jimin Hyun Sua Dae Ki Korea Mi Sang
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, “Yena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yena, updated 20 October 2026.