The first name Alena
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 25 girls were named Alena, making it the 1,271st most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2016, with 34 births (#1,031).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Alena with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Alena at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 398 girls born in the United States were named Alena, the 707th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2015, when 499 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Alena
25 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alena ŠeredováCzech actress and model, born 1978
- Alena VrzáňováCzech figure skater (1931–2015)
- Alena AnisimBelarusian politician, born 1962
- Alena NeumiarzhitskayaBelarusian sprinter, born 1980
- Alena AbramovichBelarusian handball player, born 1981
- Alena DylkoBelarusian track cyclist, born 1988
- Alena SchillerováCzech lawyer and politician, born 1964
- Alena AbramchukBelarusian female shot putter, born 1988
- Alena MihulováCzech actress, born 1965
- Alena HanušováCzech basketball player (born 1991)
- Alena NazdrovaBelarusian sprint canoeist, born 1998
- Alena PolenskáCzech ice hockey player, born 1990
Questions
- How popular is the name Alena?
- In 2025, 25 girls born in England and Wales were named Alena, ranking 1,271st. Its peak was 2016, with 34 births.
- Is Alena a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 16,014 US babies named Alena since 1880 were girls.
- When was Alena most popular?
- 2015 in the United States, when 499 babies were named Alena, its highest rank at 596th.