Girls' name · since 2002

Analena

192 babies named Analena in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#20,222 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,034 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
192
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Analena is the #14034 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 192 recorded since 2002.

Social Security Administration records show Analena recorded 192 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #14034 nationally today, ahead of 19% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #20,222 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,034 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 192 born since 2002
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Analena ranks #20,222 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,034 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 192 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,222 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,034 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
192
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%18.8%
Analena vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Analena's 192 recorded births place it above 71.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Analena compares

192 36th 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

Analena's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Analena Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 192 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Analena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Analena's full recorded timeline at 2014, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Analena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2012)
15
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
05101520 20022006200920122015201820212025 6

Analena by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (107 births, 56% of the file).

2010s was Analena's strongest decade.

107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.

Analena births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 107 births (56% of all-time use).

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

Analena by state

Where Analena concentrates geographically, total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Analena
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 3.1%
California share of Analena's total US births 3.1%

6 of 192 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Analena?
Analena has been given to 192 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #20,222 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #14,034 of 17,297. 15 babies were born in 2012, its single highest year.
Where does Analena sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Analena ranks #20,222 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,034 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 Analena most popular?
Analena was most popular in the 2010s decade with 107 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Analena most popular?
The top states for the name Analena are California (6 births).
How long has the name Analena been used?
The SSA has tracked Analena since 2002 -- 24 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Analena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ana, Anastasia, Anahi, Anaya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Analena's data

  • Analena's decade-level peak was the 2010s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Analenas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

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

Keep exploring Analena

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Analena: 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, 2002–2025 (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 Analena 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.