NameTides

Lena

Lena was the #279 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,106 babies), and #288 in England & Wales and #95 in Canada.

Lena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lena 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Lena 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#279 (1,106)#288 (158)#191 (21)#259 (6)#266 (16)#95 (266)
2024#262 (1,218)#283 (159)#207 (18)#288 (5)#232 (18)#81 (292)
2023#270 (1,157)#260 (172)#144 (30)#237 (7)#200 (23)#102 (237)
2022#254 (1,220)#221 (216)#173 (25)#218 (8)#146 (36)#96 (251)
2021#294 (1,091)#218 (229)#205 (20)#266 (6)#172 (28)#91 (280)
2020#271 (1,143)#186 (263)#157 (26)#178 (10)#132 (38)#102 (243)
2019#267 (1,246)#169 (302)#126 (38)#144 (14)#137 (39)#113 (233)
2018#302 (1,102)#154 (343)#91 (48)#171 (12)#131 (42)#124 (218)
2017#303 (1,084)#158 (352)#153 (32)#134 (17)#85 (68)#162 (187)
2016#275 (1,144)#138 (407)#124 (39)#159 (14)#101 (57)#164 (188)
2015#273 (1,162)#134 (421)#109 (43)#144 (16)#78 (82)#207 (154)
2014#280 (1,168)#129 (424)#95 (51)#136 (17)#79 (87)#234 (142)
2013#331 (982)#128 (427)#117 (40)#150 (13)#78 (82)#259 (126)
2012#359 (885)#137 (419)#115 (42)#131 (16)#71 (99)#254 (132)
2011#360 (901)#151 (360)#141 (33)#142 (16)#85 (83)#251 (131)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #42.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 560common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lena is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #253WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #368WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #159MNIllinois: #198ILMichigan: #137MINew York: #232NYMassachusetts: #183MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #333INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #134PANew Jersey: #214NJConnecticut: #150CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #372CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #317CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #329MOKentucky: #248KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #197VAMaryland: #242MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #331NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #190ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #457TXFlorida: #308FL
Lena (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
Quebec2025#49102
Ontario2024#11988

Lena (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
LenaCanadaGirls#95266
LenaEngland & WalesGirls#288158
LenaIrelandGirls#26616
LénaIrelandGirls—too few
LenaNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
LenaScotlandGirls#19121
LenaUSGirls#2791,106
LenaUSBoys—too few