Kalena
Kalena is a village development committee in Doti District in the Seti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1860 living in 296 individual households.
Meaning & Origin of Kalena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kalena is a village development committee in Doti District in the Seti Zone of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1860 living in 296 individual households.
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The Story of Kalena
Kalena first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1962, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 96 Kalenas were born — ranking #2,034 that year. As of 2026, Kalena ranks #3,096 for baby girls with 52 births, falling sharply (-24%). In total, more than 3K Kalenas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kalena
Kalena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1962 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Kalena's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #2,034. Use the chart and map above to compare Kalena'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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