Leena
Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Lina and Lena.
- Finnish
- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Leena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Lina and Lena.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Estonian
The Story of Leena
The earliest SSA record of Leena as a baby girl name dates back to 1963, when 5 babies received it. 2019 was its biggest year on record, with 256 newborns named Leena — #1,006 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Leena on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Leena ranks #1,112 for baby girls with 218 births, holding steady (-3%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Leena
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Leena. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Leena
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About the name Leena
Leena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Leena's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #1,006. Use the chart and map above to compare Leena'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.