Lena
Rank in 2025
#279
recorded as girls
Down 17 since 2024
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,106
girls 1,106
Peak year
1883
800 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
146,805
since 1880
Born a Lena? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lena was most popular in 1883, when 800 babies recorded as girls got the name (7.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,106 babies were named Lena, ranking #279 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,106 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,218 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,157 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,220 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,091 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,143 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,246 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,102 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,084 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,144 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,162 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,168 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 982 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 885 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 901 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 842 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 768 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 728 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 716 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 644 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 654 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 555 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 568 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 514 | 533 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 473 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 477 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 472 | 536 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 483 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 449 | 528 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 422 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 400 | 573 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 457 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 414 | 575 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 483 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 451 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 453 | 525 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 412 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 398 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 419 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 431 | 495 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 519 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 466 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 446 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 513 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 480 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 499 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 451 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 429 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 462 | 442 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 448 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 472 | 425 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 485 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 453 | 430 | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | 478 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 495 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 507 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 481 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 462 | 443 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 483 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 546 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 521 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 569 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 513 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 529 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 569 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 520 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 514 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 514 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 546 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 535 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 559 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 589 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 609 | 335 | 5 | 3798 |
| 1952 | 605 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 627 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 634 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 628 | 310 | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | 734 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 706 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 697 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 724 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 725 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 776 | 248 | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | 785 | 242 | 8 | 2712 |
| 1941 | 795 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 797 | 215 | 10 | 2322 |
| 1939 | 764 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 858 | 202 | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | 847 | 201 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 891 | 195 | 11 | 2184 |
| 1935 | 968 | 183 | 6 | 3252 |
| 1934 | 1,076 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 1,089 | 165 | 9 | 2542 |
| 1932 | 1,255 | 155 | 12 | 2191 |
| 1931 | 1,302 | 149 | 11 | 2328 |
| 1930 | 1,489 | 144 | 12 | 2293 |
| 1929 | 1,626 | 138 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 1,803 | 131 | 13 | 2270 |
| 1927 | 1,987 | 130 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 2,143 | 123 | 7 | 3385 |
| 1925 | 2,235 | 124 | 10 | 2755 |
| 1924 | 2,410 | 112 | 10 | 2822 |
| 1923 | 2,520 | 108 | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | 2,625 | 107 | 11 | 2630 |
| 1921 | 2,710 | 104 | 7 | 3517 |
| 1920 | 2,785 | 98 | 8 | 3208 |
| 1919 | 2,872 | 94 | 12 | 2385 |
| 1918 | 2,937 | 93 | 7 | 3368 |
| 1917 | 3,004 | 85 | 11 | 2423 |
| 1916 | 2,869 | 85 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 2,927 | 77 | 6 | 3392 |
| 1914 | 2,259 | 75 | 9 | 2271 |
| 1913 | 1,973 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 1,903 | 72 | 9 | 1746 |
| 1911 | 1,449 | 70 | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | 1,431 | 66 | 5 | 1589 |
| 1909 | 1,295 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 1,331 | 64 | 5 | 1373 |
| 1907 | 1,238 | 64 | 6 | 1200 |
| 1906 | 1,206 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 1,258 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 1,228 | 57 | 6 | 1064 |
| 1903 | 1,200 | 56 | 7 | 910 |
| 1902 | 1,225 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 1,216 | 51 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 1,506 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 1,159 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 1,320 | 49 | 6 | 1002 |
| 1897 | 1,239 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 1,318 | 48 | 8 | 826 |
| 1895 | 1,289 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 1,360 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 1,261 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 1,234 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 1,174 | 45 | 6 | 841 |
| 1890 | 1,137 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 1,096 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 1,162 | 45 | 8 | 755 |
| 1887 | 1,004 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 992 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 876 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 906 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 800 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 697 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 555 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 603 | 43 | <5 | — |
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Where Lena is most popular
- New Hampshire2.0×
- Pennsylvania1.9×
- Michigan1.8×
- Minnesota1.7×
- Connecticut1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years