NameTides

Alena

Alena was the #707 girls' name in the US in 2025 (398 babies), and #1,271 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Alena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Alena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#707 (398)#1,271 (25)#780 (3)——#1,429 (17)
2024#752 (375)#1,406 (23)———#1,077 (24)
2023#819 (339)#1,469 (21)———#928 (28)
2022#745 (388)#1,215 (27)———#819 (33)
2021#766 (372)#1,128 (30)—#350 (4)—#813 (35)
2020#679 (417)#1,397 (22)#765 (3)#397 (3)#834 (3)#996 (26)
2019#731 (386)#1,218 (27)——#716 (4)#1,002 (26)
2018#739 (377)#1,586 (19)——#734 (4)#863 (32)
2017#632 (466)#1,219 (28)——#651 (5)#668 (44)
2016#635 (471)#1,031 (34)——#750 (4)#811 (34)
2015#596 (499)#1,279 (26)———#888 (30)
2014#616 (465)#1,501 (20)——#876 (3)#685 (42)
2013#729 (375)#1,639 (18)———#1,057 (24)
2012#742 (374)#1,525 (20)———#839 (32)
2011#745 (369)#1,807 (15)———#840 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #596.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alena is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #484MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #577INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #659NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #624TXFlorida: #714FL
Alena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Alena (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlenaCanadaGirls#1,42917
AlenaEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
AlenaIrelandGirls—too few
AlenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlenaScotlandGirls#7803
AlenaUSGirls#707398