Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alena

#1,198 most common girls' name of all time · #2,118 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1891–2025

Rank among girls
#1,198
Rank overall
#2,118 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
16,014
Since 2016
3,989
Peak year
2015 #596
Best rank
#596 2015
Girls Boys peak 499/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Alena first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 398 — 398 #707
2024 375 — 375 #753
2023 339 — 339 #819
2022 388 — 388 #745
2021 372 — 372 #766
2020 417 — 417 #680
2019 386 — 386 #731
2018 377 — 377 #739
2017 466 — 466 #634
2016 471 — 471 #635
2015 499 — 499 #596
2014 465 — 465 #616
2013 375 — 375 #729
2012 374 — 374 #743
2011 369 — 369 #747
2010 385 — 385 #727
2009 401 — 401 #724
2008 445 — 445 #682
2007 433 — 433 #678
2006 431 — 431 #668
2005 401 — 401 #690
2004 406 — 406 #678
2003 400 — 400 #665
2002 333 — 333 #732
2001 346 — 346 #709
2000 321 — 321 #723
1999 290 — 290 #765
1998 280 — 280 #769
1997 260 — 260 #798
1996 258 — 258 #799
1995 246 — 246 #806
1994 205 — 205 #921
1993 186 — 186 #996
1992 173 — 173 #1,057
1991 141 — 141 #1,221
1990 157 — 157 #1,114
1989 158 — 158 #1,070
1988 118 — 118 #1,250
1987 119 — 119 #1,210
1986 120 — 120 #1,178
1985 163 — 163 #953
1984 91 — 91 #1,333
1983 115 — 115 #1,151
1982 133 — 133 #1,076
1981 139 — 139 #1,035
1980 151 — 151 #982
1979 124 — 124 #1,099
1978 112 — 112 #1,145
1977 101 — 101 #1,210
1976 95 — 95 #1,197
1975 75 — 75 #1,406
1974 88 — 88 #1,243
1973 73 — 73 #1,364
1972 72 — 72 #1,383
1971 61 — 61 #1,576
1970 68 — 68 #1,477
1969 68 — 68 #1,412
1968 39 — 39 #1,917
1967 57 — 57 #1,484
1966 48 — 48 #1,626
1965 43 — 43 #1,724
1964 53 — 53 #1,565
1963 55 — 55 #1,509
1962 31 — 31 #2,129
1961 24 — 24 #2,491
1960 28 — 28 #2,207
1959 30 — 30 #2,068
1958 22 — 22 #2,466
1957 30 — 30 #2,001
1956 17 — 17 #2,851
1955 28 — 28 #2,036
1954 15 — 15 #2,921
1953 15 — 15 #2,848
1952 9 — 9 #3,859
1951 12 — 12 #3,152
1950 16 — 16 #2,570
1949 14 — 14 #2,760
1948 13 — 13 #2,870
1947 9 — 9 #3,756
1946 13 — 13 #2,769
1945 17 — 17 #2,088
1944 8 — 8 #3,451
1943 11 — 11 #2,915
1942 12 — 12 #2,715
1941 8 — 8 #3,326
1940 8 — 8 #3,277
1939 12 — 12 #2,475
1938 15 — 15 #2,163
1937 10 — 10 #2,788
1935 9 — 9 #2,982
1934 15 — 15 #2,127
1933 9 — 9 #2,932
1932 9 — 9 #3,096
1931 14 — 14 #2,241
1930 13 — 13 #2,482
1929 12 — 12 #2,635
1928 21 — 21 #1,859
1927 16 — 16 #2,288
1926 16 — 16 #2,295
1925 21 — 21 #1,913
1924 20 — 20 #2,024
1923 9 — 9 #3,422
1922 24 — 24 #1,759
1921 16 — 16 #2,312
1920 25 — 25 #1,686
1919 13 — 13 #2,562
1918 20 — 20 #1,923
1917 16 — 16 #2,150
1916 22 — 22 #1,663
1915 18 — 18 #1,842
1914 13 — 13 #1,949
1913 14 — 14 #1,639
1912 6 — 6 #2,731
1911 7 — 7 #2,065
1910 6 — 6 #2,237
1909 5 — 5 #2,336
1908 6 — 6 #1,971
1907 6 — 6 #1,937
1906 9 — 9 #1,382
1905 5 — 5 #2,066
1903 6 — 6 #1,720
1902 8 — 8 #1,405
1900 7 — 7 #1,673
1899 5 — 5 #1,740
1898 13 — 13 #1,006
1896 8 — 8 #1,284
1894 7 — 7 #1,334
1893 5 — 5 #1,582
1891 5 — 5 #1,490