Meaning not yet researched.
Lena: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,106 in 2025. Its best rank was #41 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #41 in 1884; #279 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lena in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#279 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #41.
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Lena: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,106 girls in 2025. Peak: #41 in 1884 · most girls in one year: 3,004 (1917).
In 2025, 1,106 US girls were named Lena, making it the 279th most common girls’ name of the year, down 17 places from #262 in 2024. That is 112 fewer than the 1,218 girls named Lena in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #41, reached in 1884. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,004, in 1917. For comparison, it was #273 in 2015 and #309 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lena in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 603 babies with the name. In all, 146,805 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 23,693 babies named Lena.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,511 US girls were named Lena; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 1,246. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,453 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lena ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #85 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Helen (1,027,307 babies since 1880), Ellen (276,029 babies since 1880), Elena (108,117 babies since 1880) and Lana (57,449 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lynna, Leonna and Lynae are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ellen.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, German, Italian and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lynna (1,724), Leonna (1,375), Lynae (1,287), Lyana (956), Linna (876), Leeana (822), Leina (799), Lenae (791), Ilena (702), Leyana (422), Lenaya (301), Leahna (232), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 5 | #85 | — |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #134 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 79 | #135 | #152 |
| Michigan | 61 | #137 | #238 |
| Connecticut | 20 | #153 | #264 |
| Minnesota | 34 | #159 | #170 |
| Massachusetts | 30 | #185 | #193 |
| Montana | 6 | #190 | #248 |
| Alabama | 23 | #194 | #346 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #194 | — |
| Virginia | 42 | #198 | #185 |
| Illinois | 50 | #200 | #235 |
| Ohio | 56 | #203 | #190 |
| Iowa | 16 | #210 | #131 |
| New Jersey | 38 | #217 | #259 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #224 | — |
| New York | 74 | #234 | #199 |
| Maine | 5 | #240 | — |
| Maryland | 21 | #247 | #266 |
| Kentucky | 18 | #253 | #357 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #256 | — |
| Wisconsin | 21 | #260 | #318 |
| Kansas | 12 | #274 | #179 |
| Florida | 60 | #310 | #371 |
| Colorado | 19 | #329 | #317 |
| North Carolina | 33 | #339 | #354 |
| Indiana | 21 | #339 | #313 |
| Missouri | 18 | #339 | #218 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #343 | #385 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #356 | #309 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #369 | #212 |
| California | 88 | #376 | #442 |
| Washington | 19 | #379 | #269 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #424 | — |
| Utah | 10 | #427 | #671 |
| Arizona | 16 | #436 | #402 |
| Texas | 73 | #460 | #472 |
| Nevada | 6 | #474 | #601 |
| Oregon | 7 | #524 | #332 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #547 | #627 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #620 | #424 |
| Georgia | 17 | #634 | #281 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #651 | #263 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,106 | #279 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,218 | #262 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,157 | #270 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,220 | #254 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,091 | #294 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,143 | #271 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,246 | #267 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,102 | #302 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,084 | #303 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,144 | #275 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,162 | #273 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,168 | #280 | — | — |
| 2013 | 982 | #331 | — | — |
| 2012 | 885 | #359 | — | — |
| 2011 | 901 | #360 | — | — |
| 2010 | 842 | #376 | — | — |
| 2009 | 768 | #416 | — | — |
| 2008 | 728 | #440 | — | — |
| 2007 | 716 | #448 | — | — |
| 2006 | 644 | #483 | — | — |
| 2005 | 654 | #466 | — | — |
| 2004 | 555 | #518 | — | — |
| 2003 | 568 | #504 | — | — |
| 2002 | 514 | #534 | — | — |
| 2001 | 473 | #555 | — | — |
| 2000 | 477 | #546 | — | — |
| 1999 | 472 | #536 | — | — |
| 1998 | 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 | 472 | #425 | 6 | #5,177 |
| 1974 | 485 | #412 | — | — |
| 1973 | 453 | #430 | 5 | #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 | 609 | #335 | 5 | #4,123 |
| 1952 | 605 | #335 | — | — |
| 1951 | 627 | #315 | — | — |
| 1950 | 634 | #309 | — | — |
| 1949 | 628 | #310 | 8 | #2,917 |
| 1948 | 734 | #283 | — | — |
| 1947 | 706 | #296 | — | — |
| 1946 | 697 | #276 | — | — |
| 1945 | 724 | #251 | — | — |
| 1944 | 725 | #247 | — | — |
| 1943 | 776 | #248 | 5 | #3,830 |
| 1942 | 785 | #243 | 8 | #2,829 |
| 1941 | 795 | #219 | — | — |
| 1940 | 797 | #216 | 10 | #2,416 |
| 1939 | 764 | #219 | — | — |
| 1938 | 858 | #202 | 5 | #3,812 |
| 1937 | 847 | #201 | 5 | #3,818 |
| 1936 | 891 | #195 | 11 | #2,242 |
| 1935 | 968 | #183 | 6 | #3,470 |
| 1934 | 1,076 | #172 | — | — |
| 1933 | 1,089 | #165 | 9 | #2,647 |
| 1932 | 1,255 | #155 | 12 | #2,264 |
| 1931 | 1,302 | #149 | 11 | #2,406 |
| 1930 | 1,489 | #144 | 12 | #2,379 |
| 1929 | 1,626 | #138 | 5 | #4,311 |
| 1928 | 1,803 | #131 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1927 | 1,987 | #130 | 11 | #2,625 |
| 1926 | 2,143 | #123 | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1925 | 2,235 | #124 | 10 | #2,854 |
| 1924 | 2,410 | #112 | 10 | #2,938 |
| 1923 | 2,520 | #108 | 5 | #4,594 |
| 1922 | 2,625 | #107 | 11 | #2,727 |
| 1921 | 2,710 | #104 | 7 | #3,726 |
| 1920 | 2,785 | #98 | 8 | #3,372 |
| 1919 | 2,872 | #94 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1918 | 2,937 | #93 | 7 | #3,554 |
| 1917 | 3,004 | #85 | 11 | #2,501 |
| 1916 | 2,869 | #85 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 1915 | 2,927 | #77 | 6 | #3,652 |
| 1914 | 2,259 | #75 | 9 | #2,372 |
| 1913 | 1,973 | #73 | — | — |
| 1912 | 1,903 | #72 | 9 | #1,828 |
| 1911 | 1,449 | #70 | 5 | #1,894 |
| 1910 | 1,431 | #66 | 5 | #1,741 |
| 1909 | 1,295 | #65 | — | — |
| 1908 | 1,331 | #64 | 5 | #1,512 |
| 1907 | 1,238 | #64 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1906 | 1,206 | #61 | — | — |
| 1905 | 1,258 | #61 | — | — |
| 1904 | 1,228 | #57 | 6 | #1,143 |
| 1903 | 1,200 | #56 | 7 | #968 |
| 1902 | 1,225 | #56 | — | — |
| 1901 | 1,216 | #51 | — | — |
| 1900 | 1,506 | #52 | — | — |
| 1899 | 1,159 | #49 | — | — |
| 1898 | 1,320 | #49 | 6 | #1,069 |
| 1897 | 1,239 | #50 | — | — |
| 1896 | 1,318 | #48 | 8 | #863 |
| 1895 | 1,289 | #50 | — | — |
| 1894 | 1,360 | #42 | — | — |
| 1893 | 1,261 | #46 | — | — |
| 1892 | 1,234 | #47 | — | — |
| 1891 | 1,174 | #45 | 6 | #912 |
| 1890 | 1,137 | #47 | — | — |
| 1889 | 1,096 | #45 | — | — |
| 1888 | 1,162 | #45 | 8 | #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 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).