Olena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Olena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Olena: Recorded since 1961, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #247 in 1980, and it stood at #2,927 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#247highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Olena's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2007	#5201
2010	#5707
2014	#5691
2016	#3609
2022	#4645
2023	#2927

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 27 of the 61 years from 1961 to 2021.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1961–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1961
First recorded at #410 among girls in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1961–2021
Highest recorded position: #247 among girls in Norway, in 1980 (recorded 1961–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #2927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Olena appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1961, and has registered 212 births with the name.

Olena across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Olena's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#410 (1961)	#247 (1980)	#490 (2021)	27 of 61	212 (1961–2021)	20 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#3725 (2004)	#2927 (2023)	#2927 (2023)	8 of 20	34 (2004–2023)	8 (2023)

Olena by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Olena in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	20	4 of 10	5
1970s	80	10 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	100	10 of 10	10
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Olena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1961 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #247 in Norway in 1980.

Olena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#490	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#671	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#667	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#545	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#376	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#434	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#531	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#629	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#392	11	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#549	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#462	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#305	14	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#247	20	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#486	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#343	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#519	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#387	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#476	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#575	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#502	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#402	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#363	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#414	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#516	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#488	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#532	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#410	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1961 and 2023, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #247, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Norway in 1980.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 43 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Olea · #148, 26y
Olga · #107, 80y
Oli · #1081, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Caoilinn · #246, 30y
Errol · #246, 30y
Trina · #248, 30y
Earl · #245, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Priscilla · #247, 56y
Edele · #248, 15y
Egidijus · #248, 28y
Errol · #246, 30y

Olena was ranked #247 in Norway · Girls in 1980. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Olena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Olena without appearing here.

Olena moved ahead of

Lorraine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Shea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3609 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Olena

Eabha Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1180.
Tara Compare
In 1990 they stood at #545 and #643 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #667 and #293.
Vilde Compare
In 1984 they stood at #392 and #485 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #629 and #300.
Silje Compare
In 1968 they stood at #488 and #542 in Norway · Girls; by 1969 that had become #516 and #221.

Moved the opposite way to Olena

Amalie Compare
Between 1978 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #343 to #490 while Amalie went from #593 to #12.
Linnea Compare
Between 1978 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #343 to #490 while Linnea went from #626 to #37.
Anette Compare
Between 1961 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #410 to #671 while Anette went from #133 to #31.
Cathrine Compare
Between 1961 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #410 to #671 while Cathrine went from #192 to #53.

Moved the same way as Olena

Ann Compare
Between 1961 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #410 to #671 and Ann from #23 to #86.
Barbara Compare
Between 1961 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #410 to #671 and Barbara from #174 to #294.
Bente Compare
Between 1961 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #410 to #671 and Bente from #2 to #240.
Berit Compare
Between 1961 and 1992 in Norway · Girls, Olena went from #410 to #671 and Berit from #21 to #192.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1961 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #247 in Norway in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Olena

Olena at a glance

What stands out in Olena's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Olena across 2 official records

Olena by decade in Norway · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Olena at a glance

What stands out in Olena's record

Olena across 2 official records

Olena by decade in Norway · Girls

Olena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Olena

Olena and the names beside it

Olena moved ahead of

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