The first name Leena
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 80 girls were named Leena, making it the 502nd most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Leena with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Leena at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 212 girls born in the United States were named Leena, the 1,115th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2019, when 256 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 Leena
18 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Leena LehtolainenFinnish crime writer, born 1964
- Leena PeisaFinnish keyboardist, born 1979
- Leena AlamAfghani actress, born 1978
- Leena NairBritish businesswoman with Indian origin, born 1969
- Leena KrohnFinnish writer (born 1947)
- Leena YadavFilmmaker, born 1971
- Leena MeriFinnish politician, born 1968
- Rauni-Leena Luukanen-KildeFinnish ufologist, parapsychologist and author (1939–2015)
- Leena GüntherGerman athlete, born 1991
- Leena La BiancaAmerican actress, born 1969
- Leena KhamisAssociation football player, born 1986
- Leena ManimekalaiFilm Maker, poet
Questions
- How popular is the name Leena?
- In 2025, 80 girls born in England and Wales were named Leena, ranking 502nd.
- Is Leena a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,785 US babies named Leena since 1880 were girls.
- When was Leena most popular?
- 2019 in the United States, when 256 babies were named Leena, its highest rank at 1,007th.