# Salena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/salena/  
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 | 5,163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,163 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 50, 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 | 45 | 3,544 |
| 2012 | 49 | 3,353 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,142 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,146 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,477 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,106 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,135 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,589 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,588 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,820 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,637 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,238 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,985 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,895 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,763 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## 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.