How rare is the name Olena?

4,978 people in the United States have the first name Olena, about 1 in 60,673. It ranks #3,925 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

OLENA

#3,925

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,978
About
1 in 60,673
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,978 people named Olena, 95.9% reported their origin as White, 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 1% as Black. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Olena peaked in 2024, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
35
In 2025*
21 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 920 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Olena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #2,457. The largest share of babies named Olena, 27.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,45715
1890s#2,77024
1900s#3,21629
1910s#3,784115
1920s#4,522131
1930s#5,23382
1940s#7,95934
1950s#8,74640
1960s#13,05816
1970s#14,75730
1980s#21,43718
1990s#26,51121
2000s#18,52981
2010s#14,203129
2020s#8,731155
Before 19014.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.5%
Baby boom 1946–647.4%
Generation X 1965–804.3%
Millennials 1981–962.3%
Generation Z 1997–1213.6%
2013 and later27.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Olena

1 other first name also has 4,978 people.

#3,925 Flavia · 4,978

Either side of Olena

#3,924 Georgiana · 4,979#3,925 Flavia · 4,978#3,927 Maha · 4,977#3,928 Ilse · 4,972

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Olena, most common first.

#6,139 Olen · 2,646#27,468 Olene · 333#29,280 Olina · 303#42,480 Olana · 169

Also a last name

As a last name, Olena ranks #80,289 of 156,621, with 255 people. See Olena as a last name

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