Zalena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-LAY-nah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Zalena is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Zalena come from?
Modern: probably Z- added to Lena or Elena
Is Zalena a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Zalena, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer girls named Zalena than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zalena in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zalena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Nicknames for Zalena
- Lena 185 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Zalena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Zhamira Daleyza Zayla Azula Zamira Zaniyah Amora Zaliyah Zariah Zahara Alara
Names related to Zalena
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, “Zalena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalena, updated 20 October 2026.