Alena
Alena is a feminine given name. It may be either derived from the name Helene or as a diminutive form of Magdalena.
- German
- Czech
- Slovak
- Slovene
Meaning & Origin of Alena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alena is a feminine given name. It may be either derived from the name Helene or as a diminutive form of Magdalena.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Czech
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Belarusian
The Story of Alena
Alena first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1891, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 499 births, good for #596 nationwide. About 26% of every Alena on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alena ranks #793 for baby girls with 352 births, gradually falling (-10%). All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Alena
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Names that sound like Alena
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About the name Alena
Alena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Alena's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #596. Use the chart and map above to compare Alena's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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