Zelena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zeh-LEE-nuh
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Zelena is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “green”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Zelena mean?
Slavic: Slavic word, feminine of zelen
“green”
Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, is a villain in the US TV series Once Upon a Time.
Is Zelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Zelena 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 Zelena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Zelena, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer girls named Zelena than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Zelena in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zelena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Names like Zelena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amora Mila Alora Solana Luna Alaia Ximena Elora Daleyza Isla Aitana Alara
Names related to Zelena
More Slavic names
Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah
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, “Zelena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zelena, updated 20 October 2026.