Allena — #4767 US girls' name
2,090 babies named Allena in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Allena was born in this single decade.
57 babies were named Allena in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Allena
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,090 babies named Allena between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Allena currently holds the #4767 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 57 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Allena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 435 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Allena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Allena in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Allena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,090 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Allena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Allena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (2007)
- 57
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #4767 among girls.
2,090 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 57 births in a single year.
Allena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 435 births that decade — 21% of Allena's all-time total
Allena decade highlights
- Peak decade 435 births
- Runner-up 343 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Allena's strongest decade
435 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Allena by state
Where Allena concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 60 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 55 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 13 | 0.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.2% |
60 of 2,090 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1888–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.