Alena is an established variant of Alana that peaked in 2015 and remains in steady use.
Alena is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #707 for girl births in the United States (and #1,379 across all names), given to 398 babies — 406 including U.S. territories. Alena first appears in 1891 and peaked in 2015 (499 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 398 | 406 | #707 |
| 2024 | 375 | 375 | #752 |
| 2023 | 339 | 344 | #819 |
| 2022 | 388 | 398 | #745 |
| 2021 | 372 | 377 | #766 |
| 2020 | 417 | 417 | #679 |
| 2019 | 386 | 386 | #731 |
| 2018 | 377 | 377 | #739 |
| 2017 | 466 | 466 | #632 |
| 2016 | 471 | 471 | #635 |
| 2015 | 499 | 505 | #596 |
| 2014 | 465 | 471 | #616 |
| 2013 | 375 | 375 | #729 |
| 2012 | 374 | 374 | #742 |
| 2011 | 369 | 369 | #745 |
| 2010 | 385 | 385 | #727 |
| 2009 | 401 | 401 | #724 |
| 2008 | 445 | 445 | #682 |
| 2007 | 433 | 433 | #677 |
| 2006 | 431 | 431 | #668 |
| 2005 | 401 | 401 | #690 |
| 2004 | 406 | 406 | #676 |
| 2003 | 400 | 400 | #664 |
| 2002 | 333 | 333 | #731 |
| 2001 | 346 | 346 | #709 |
| 2000 | 321 | 321 | #723 |
| 1999 | 290 | 290 | #764 |
| 1998 | 280 | 280 | #769 |
| 1997 | 260 | — | #797 |
| 1996 | 258 | — | #799 |
| 1995 | 246 | — | #806 |
| 1994 | 205 | — | #921 |
| 1993 | 186 | — | #996 |
| 1992 | 173 | — | #1,057 |
| 1991 | 141 | — | #1,219 |
| 1990 | 157 | — | #1,110 |
| 1989 | 158 | — | #1,068 |
| 1988 | 118 | — | #1,250 |
| 1987 | 119 | — | #1,209 |
| 1986 | 120 | — | #1,177 |
| 1985 | 163 | — | #950 |
| 1984 | 91 | — | #1,332 |
| 1983 | 115 | — | #1,150 |
| 1982 | 133 | — | #1,074 |
| 1981 | 139 | — | #1,034 |
| 1980 | 151 | — | #982 |
| 1979 | 124 | — | #1,098 |
| 1978 | 112 | — | #1,142 |
| 1977 | 101 | — | #1,206 |
| 1976 | 95 | — | #1,191 |
| 1975 | 75 | — | #1,404 |
| 1974 | 88 | — | #1,239 |
| 1973 | 73 | — | #1,361 |
| 1972 | 72 | — | #1,380 |
| 1971 | 61 | — | #1,575 |
| 1970 | 68 | — | #1,474 |
| 1969 | 68 | — | #1,402 |
| 1968 | 39 | — | #1,909 |
| 1967 | 57 | — | #1,479 |
| 1966 | 48 | — | #1,622 |
| 1965 | 43 | — | #1,715 |
| 1964 | 53 | — | #1,559 |
| 1963 | 55 | — | #1,508 |
| 1962 | 31 | — | #2,113 |
| 1961 | 24 | — | #2,474 |
| 1960 | 28 | — | #2,198 |
| 1959 | 30 | — | #2,055 |
| 1958 | 22 | — | #2,449 |
| 1957 | 30 | — | #1,989 |
| 1956 | 17 | — | #2,826 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | #2,024 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #2,889 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,816 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #3,803 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #3,108 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #2,536 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | #2,729 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | #2,832 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,710 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,742 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #2,060 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,387 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,863 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,667 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #3,256 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,214 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,418 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,737 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,927 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #2,092 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #2,871 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #3,049 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,425 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | #2,587 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #1,842 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,257 |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #2,258 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #1,892 |
| 1924 | 20 | — | #1,993 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | #3,359 |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #1,730 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | #2,285 |
| 1920 | 25 | — | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,517 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 16 | — | #2,101 |
| 1916 | 22 | — | #1,631 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,803 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,898 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | #1,603 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,642 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,960 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,145 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,215 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,868 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,829 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #1,325 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,937 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,598 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | #1,323 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,567 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,603 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | #963 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,213 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #1,240 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,443 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,338 |