# Alena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,014 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,014 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 605, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 369 | 745 |
| 2012 | 374 | 742 |
| 2013 | 375 | 729 |
| 2014 | 465 | 616 |
| 2015 | 499 | 596 |
| 2016 | 471 | 635 |
| 2017 | 466 | 632 |
| 2018 | 377 | 739 |
| 2019 | 386 | 731 |
| 2020 | 417 | 679 |
| 2021 | 372 | 766 |
| 2022 | 388 | 745 |
| 2023 | 339 | 819 |
| 2024 | 375 | 752 |
| 2025 | 398 | 707 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 34 | 1,031 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,219 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,215 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 23 | 1,406 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,271 |

## People named Alena

- Alena Šeredová, Czech actress and model
- Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (1931–2015)
- Alena Anisim, Belarusian politician
- Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Belarusian sprinter
- Alena Abramovich, Belarusian handball player
- Alena Dylko, Belarusian track cyclist
- Alena Schillerová, Czech lawyer and politician
- Alena Abramchuk, Belarusian female shot putter
- Alena Mihulová, Czech actress
- Alena Hanušová, Czech basketball player (born 1991)
- Alena Nazdrova, Belarusian sprint canoeist
- Alena Polenská, Czech ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.