Girls' name · since 2007

Alyena

Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Alyena, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#36,610 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,219 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
43
born since 2007
2000s
peak decade

Alyena currently ranks #16219 among girls' names in America, with 43 babies recorded since 2007.

Alyena has 43 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16219 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.

  • #36,610 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,219 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 43 born since 2007
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyena ranks #36,610 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,219 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 43 born since 2007, peaking in the 2000s.

#36,610 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,219 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
43
born since 2007
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%6.2%
Alyena vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Alyena's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Alyena compares

43 14th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Alyena's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alyena Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 43 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Alyena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Alyena splits its recorded history at 2015: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Alyena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
10
Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
4681012 200720082009201520162025 5

Alyena by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 44% of the file).

2000s was Alyena's strongest decade.

19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Alyena births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (44% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alyena?
Since 2007, Social Security records show 43 babies named Alyena. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #36,610 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,219 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2015, with 10 births.
Where does Alyena sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyena ranks #36,610 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,219 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Alyena most popular?
Alyena was most popular in the 2000s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Alyena been used?
Records for Alyena go back to 2007, giving 19 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Alyena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alyssa, Alyson, Alyce, Alycia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Alyena's data

  • Alyena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Alyena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alyena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.