Alena

What Alena means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Alena yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #596 in 2015 to #707 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alena?

US: Falling: down from #596 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1279 in 2015, #1271 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 499 girls got the name (#596 that year). First in the US records in 1891.

How common

• About 1 in 4,038 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,131 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ID (0.84 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.61 per 1,000 girls), OK (0.54 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Alena is #707 in the US and #1271 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Alena were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elena4,836 US · 307 E&W
• Alina2,204 US · 208 E&W
• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Alani1,843 US · 40 E&W
• Alaina1,366 US · 49 E&W
• Alanna1,099 US · 44 E&W
• Alayna927 US · 214 E&W
• Aleena436 US · 150 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Alena

Girls

• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Luke#33Editor’s note Down from #28 in 2015 to #33 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 250 US boys in the 2025 records
• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alena’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.