Girls' name · since 1979
Calena
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 168 babies named Calena, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,235 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 168
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Calena is the #12235 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 168 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calena has been recorded 168 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #12235 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #21,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,235 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 168 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calena ranks #21,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,235 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 168 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,235 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 168
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Calena's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Calena compares
168 34th 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
Calena's all-time total is 55% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 168 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Calena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Calena splits its recorded history at 1999: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Calena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Calena by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (40 births, 24% of the file).
1980s was Calena's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Calena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 40 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Calena's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Calena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
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, 1979–2025 (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 Calena 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.