Recorded 1913–2019 Girls' name Peak 2008 121 births

Gelena — girls' name

121 babies named Gelena in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51970s52000s452010s66
2010s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Gelena was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

18 babies were named Gelena in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gelena

The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Gelena between 1913 and 2019, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gelena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gelena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gelena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gelena 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 121 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.

Gelena at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

121

Since 1913

107 years of records

Peak year

2008

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1913

Recorded for 107 years

Last year on file: 2019

Gelena popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1913

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2008)
18
Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
05101520 20192016201320112009200720031913 5

Gelena by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
66 births that decade — 55% of Gelena's all-time total
1910s51970s52000s452010s66

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gelena?
121 babies have been named Gelena since 1913. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2008 with 18 births.
When was Gelena most popular?
Gelena was most popular in the 2010s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Gelena been used?
Gelena has been recorded in Social Security data since 1913, spanning 107 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Gelena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gelila, Gelsey, Gelene, Gelisa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1913–2019 (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.