Alena

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alena: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 18 years, it reached #350 in 2021, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#350highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Alena's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1287
1998	#2407
1999	#1060
2000	#1475
2001	#1617
2002	#1245
2003	#1722
2004	#1535
2005	#1165
2006	#928
2007	#1443
2008	#1344
2009	#1596
2010	#1180
2011	#1807
2012	#1525
2013	#1639
2014	#1501
2015	#1279
2016	#1031
2017	#1219
2018	#1586
2019	#1218
2020	#1397
2021	#1128
2022	#1215
2023	#1469
2024	#1406

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 Republic of Ireland in 8 of the 44 years from 1977 to 2020.

In 2021: #350 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1128 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1977–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #518 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2020–2021
Highest recorded position: #350 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2020–2021).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alena appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 580 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1977.

Alena across 3 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.

Alena'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#518 (1977)	#518 (1977)	#834 (2020)	8 of 44	30 (1977–2020)	5 (2017)
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#928 (2006)	#1406 (2024)	29 of 29	580 (1996–2024)	34 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#397 (2020)	#350 (2021)	#350 (2021)	2 of 2	7 (2020–2021)	4 (2021)

Alena by decade in England and Wales · 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 Alena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	51	4 of 10	13
2000s	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	234	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	123	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alena 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 3 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #350 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Alena'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1215	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1218	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1219	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#928	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1977 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #350, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, 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.

Alekss · #718, 10y
Alen · #317, 22y
Alesha · #104, 29y
Alesia · #515, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Florrie · #350, 28y
Riah · #350, 29y
Daniyal · #351, 29y
Marlie · #351, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Karena · #349, 25y
Rania · #349, 42y
Marsha · #348, 20y
Jaran · #347, 26y

Alena was ranked #350 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Alena 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 Alena without appearing here.

Alena moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #1823 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1060 and #2444.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1397 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1128 and #2499.
Lorraine Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1535 and #1312 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1165 and #2438.
Pauline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1722 and #1269 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1535 and #2802.

Moved ahead of Alena

Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1245 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1722 and #799.
Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1180 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1807 and #1067.
Frida Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1180 and #1218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1807 and #1117.
Ivy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #219.

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 3 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #350 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alena

Alena at a glance

What stands out in Alena's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alena across 3 official records

Alena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alena appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Alena

Alena and the names beside it

Alena moved ahead of

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Alena at a glance

What stands out in Alena's record

Alena across 3 official records

Alena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Alena

Alena and the names beside it

Alena moved ahead of

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