Girls' name · since 1916
Colena
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 61 babies named Colena, peaking in 1917. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Colena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 61 recorded since 1916.
Colena has 61 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1998.
- #32,624 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 61 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Colena ranks #32,624 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 61 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #32,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 61
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Colena's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Colena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Colena's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Colena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1998
- Peak year (1917)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Colena by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (13 births, 21% of the file).
1910s was Colena's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Colena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 13 births (21% of all-time use).
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- Colena's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Colena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1916–1998 (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 Colena 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.