Lena is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1917 and has grown less common since.
Lena is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #279 for girl births in the United States (and #604 across all names), given to 1,106 babies. Lena was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (3,004 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,106 | 1,106 | #279 | — |
| 2024 | 1,218 | 1,218 | #262 | — |
| 2023 | 1,157 | 1,157 | #270 | — |
| 2022 | 1,220 | 1,220 | #254 | — |
| 2021 | 1,091 | 1,091 | #294 | — |
| 2020 | 1,143 | 1,143 | #271 | — |
| 2019 | 1,246 | 1,246 | #267 | — |
| 2018 | 1,102 | 1,102 | #302 | — |
| 2017 | 1,084 | 1,084 | #303 | — |
| 2016 | 1,144 | 1,144 | #275 | — |
| 2015 | 1,162 | 1,162 | #273 | — |
| 2014 | 1,168 | 1,168 | #280 | — |
| 2013 | 982 | 982 | #331 | — |
| 2012 | 885 | 885 | #359 | — |
| 2011 | 901 | 901 | #360 | — |
| 2010 | 842 | 842 | #376 | — |
| 2009 | 768 | 768 | #416 | — |
| 2008 | 728 | 728 | #440 | — |
| 2007 | 716 | 716 | #448 | — |
| 2006 | 644 | 644 | #483 | — |
| 2005 | 654 | 654 | #466 | — |
| 2004 | 555 | 555 | #518 | — |
| 2003 | 568 | 568 | #504 | — |
| 2002 | 514 | 514 | #534 | — |
| 2001 | 473 | 473 | #555 | — |
| 2000 | 477 | 477 | #546 | — |
| 1999 | 472 | 472 | #536 | — |
| 1998 | 483 | 483 | #522 | — |
| 1997 | 449 | — | #530 | — |
| 1996 | 422 | — | #553 | — |
| 1995 | 400 | — | #574 | — |
| 1994 | 457 | — | #538 | — |
| 1993 | 414 | — | #575 | — |
| 1992 | 483 | — | #501 | — |
| 1991 | 451 | — | #516 | — |
| 1990 | 453 | — | #525 | — |
| 1989 | 412 | — | #549 | — |
| 1988 | 398 | — | #550 | — |
| 1987 | 419 | — | #506 | — |
| 1986 | 431 | — | #496 | — |
| 1985 | 519 | — | #424 | — |
| 1984 | 466 | — | #445 | — |
| 1983 | 446 | — | #459 | — |
| 1982 | 513 | — | #427 | — |
| 1981 | 480 | — | #449 | — |
| 1980 | 499 | — | #434 | — |
| 1979 | 451 | — | #453 | — |
| 1978 | 429 | — | #461 | — |
| 1977 | 462 | — | #443 | — |
| 1976 | 448 | — | #440 | — |
| 1975 | 478 | — | #425 | #5,177 |
| 1974 | 485 | — | #412 | — |
| 1973 | 458 | — | #430 | #5,556 |
| 1972 | 478 | — | #412 | — |
| 1971 | 495 | — | #422 | — |
| 1970 | 507 | — | #435 | — |
| 1969 | 481 | — | #439 | — |
| 1968 | 462 | — | #443 | — |
| 1967 | 483 | — | #424 | — |
| 1966 | 546 | — | #391 | — |
| 1965 | 521 | — | #407 | — |
| 1964 | 569 | — | #409 | — |
| 1963 | 513 | — | #428 | — |
| 1962 | 529 | — | #422 | — |
| 1961 | 569 | — | #409 | — |
| 1960 | 520 | — | #429 | — |
| 1959 | 514 | — | #416 | — |
| 1958 | 514 | — | #410 | — |
| 1957 | 546 | — | #389 | — |
| 1956 | 535 | — | #386 | — |
| 1955 | 559 | — | #372 | — |
| 1954 | 589 | — | #355 | — |
| 1953 | 614 | — | #335 | #4,123 |
| 1952 | 605 | — | #335 | — |
| 1951 | 627 | — | #315 | — |
| 1950 | 634 | — | #309 | — |
| 1949 | 636 | — | #310 | #2,917 |
| 1948 | 734 | — | #283 | — |
| 1947 | 706 | — | #296 | — |
| 1946 | 697 | — | #276 | — |
| 1945 | 724 | — | #251 | — |
| 1944 | 725 | — | #247 | — |
| 1943 | 781 | — | #248 | #3,830 |
| 1942 | 793 | — | #243 | #2,829 |
| 1941 | 795 | — | #219 | — |
| 1940 | 807 | — | #216 | #2,416 |
| 1939 | 764 | — | #219 | — |
| 1938 | 863 | — | #202 | #3,812 |
| 1937 | 852 | — | #201 | #3,818 |
| 1936 | 902 | — | #195 | #2,242 |
| 1935 | 974 | — | #183 | #3,470 |
| 1934 | 1,076 | — | #172 | — |
| 1933 | 1,098 | — | #165 | #2,647 |
| 1932 | 1,267 | — | #155 | #2,264 |
| 1931 | 1,313 | — | #149 | #2,406 |
| 1930 | 1,501 | — | #144 | #2,379 |
| 1929 | 1,631 | — | #138 | #4,311 |
| 1928 | 1,816 | — | #131 | #2,335 |
| 1927 | 1,998 | — | #130 | #2,625 |
| 1926 | 2,150 | — | #123 | #3,573 |
| 1925 | 2,245 | — | #124 | #2,854 |
| 1924 | 2,420 | — | #112 | #2,938 |
| 1923 | 2,525 | — | #108 | #4,594 |
| 1922 | 2,636 | — | #107 | #2,727 |
| 1921 | 2,717 | — | #104 | #3,726 |
| 1920 | 2,793 | — | #98 | #3,372 |
| 1919 | 2,884 | — | #94 | #2,445 |
| 1918 | 2,944 | — | #93 | #3,554 |
| 1917 | 3,015 | — | #85 | #2,501 |
| 1916 | 2,874 | — | #85 | #4,250 |
| 1915 | 2,933 | — | #77 | #3,652 |
| 1914 | 2,268 | — | #75 | #2,372 |
| 1913 | 1,973 | — | #73 | — |
| 1912 | 1,912 | — | #72 | #1,828 |
| 1911 | 1,454 | — | #70 | #1,894 |
| 1910 | 1,436 | — | #66 | #1,741 |
| 1909 | 1,295 | — | #65 | — |
| 1908 | 1,336 | — | #64 | #1,512 |
| 1907 | 1,244 | — | #64 | #1,277 |
| 1906 | 1,206 | — | #61 | — |
| 1905 | 1,258 | — | #61 | — |
| 1904 | 1,234 | — | #57 | #1,143 |
| 1903 | 1,207 | — | #56 | #968 |
| 1902 | 1,225 | — | #56 | — |
| 1901 | 1,216 | — | #51 | — |
| 1900 | 1,506 | — | #52 | — |
| 1899 | 1,159 | — | #49 | — |
| 1898 | 1,326 | — | #49 | #1,069 |
| 1897 | 1,239 | — | #50 | — |
| 1896 | 1,326 | — | #48 | #863 |
| 1895 | 1,289 | — | #50 | — |
| 1894 | 1,360 | — | #42 | — |
| 1893 | 1,261 | — | #46 | — |
| 1892 | 1,234 | — | #47 | — |
| 1891 | 1,180 | — | #45 | #912 |
| 1890 | 1,137 | — | #47 | — |
| 1889 | 1,096 | — | #45 | — |
| 1888 | 1,170 | — | #45 | #786 |
| 1887 | 1,004 | — | #42 | — |
| 1886 | 992 | — | #43 | — |
| 1885 | 876 | — | #44 | — |
| 1884 | 906 | — | #41 | — |
| 1883 | 800 | — | #42 | — |
| 1882 | 697 | — | #43 | — |
| 1881 | 555 | — | #50 | — |
| 1880 | 603 | — | #43 | — |