Aleena
Aleena was the 657th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 436 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 463rd with 688 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 194 places. More babies were named Aleena in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning variant of Alina (from Adela, 'noble') · Germanic, Italian
Say it uh-LEE-nuh /əˈlinə/
- Rank in 2025
- #657 girls, down 62 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 436girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2015688 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,535babies recorded
What does the name Aleena mean?
Aleena is a rare spelling of Alina, according to Wiktionary. Alina was borrowed from Italian Alina or formed as a Latin-style version of French Aline, and both come from pet forms of the Germanic name Adela or Adele. DMNES explains Adela as Old High German adal, noble. The doubled e marks the stress on the middle syllable, uh-LEE-nuh. In the US Aleena has been used since the late 1960s.
adal (Old High German, “noble”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary traces Alina to Adela; other sources for some families are possible but undocumented here.
Related names: Alina, Aline, Adela, Alena, Lina.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Aleena' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Alina' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Adela', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Aleena popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #657 | 436 |
| 2020 | #595 | 488 |
| 2010 | #560 | 519 |
| 2000 | #1,311 | 145 |
| 1990 | #2,643 | 44 |
| 1980 | #5,921 | 11 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Aleena, counting every spelling?
Aleena is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #375 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #657 for Aleena on its own. Together these spellings went to 878 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleena | 436 | #657 | 2,261 |
| Alena | 398 | #707 | 1,872 |
| Alenna | 17 | #6,556 | 101 |
| Allena | 10 | #9,488 | 93 |
| Aleenah | 12 | #8,389 | 65 |
| Alenah | 5 | #15,040 | 32 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Aleena?
436 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Aleena (0.12 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Aleena born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 19 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Aleena.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Aleena?
About 12,400 people born in the US named Aleena are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 19. That makes Aleena mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Aleena by state
How common Aleena was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.0×), New York (1.9×), New Jersey (1.6×), Illinois (1.6×), Michigan (1.5×). In 21 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Aleena: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Aleena, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Aleena · Sibling names for Aleena
Questions about the name Aleena
What does Aleena mean?
Aleena means “variant of Alina (from Adela, 'noble')” (Germanic, Italian origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Aleena?
Aleena was the 657th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 436 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 463rd with 688 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 194 places. More babies were named Aleena in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Aleena a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Aleena in the US.
Where is Aleena most popular?
In 2021–2025, Aleena was most common in California (0.55 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and New Jersey.