Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lena

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lena
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

3,004

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

59.7%

2024

1,211

All-time

145,356

Lena has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1917, when 3,004 girls were named Lena.

In 2024, only 1,211 girls were given the name.

Down 59.7% from its peak.

All told, about 145,356 Americans have been named Lena and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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