How rare is the name Salena?

4,177 people in the United States have the first name Salena, about 1 in 72,308. It ranks #4,460 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

SALENA

#4,460

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,177
About
1 in 72,308
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,177 people named Salena, 40.5% reported their origin as White, 22% as Hispanic or Latino and 21.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Salena peaked in 1995, when 197 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
197
In 2025*
9 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,163 babies have been given the name since 1889. 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.

Salena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,045. The largest share of babies named Salena, 36.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#2,80223
1900s#3,50922
1910s#5,28862
1920s#7,58249
1930s#8,60322
1940s#7,45341
1950s#5,207123
1960s#3,228343
1970s#2,045930
1980s#2,262943
1990s#2,1481,413
2000s#4,098746
2010s#7,211349
2020s#12,31792
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–645.7%
Generation X 1965–8023.2%
Millennials 1981–9636.1%
Generation Z 1997–1225.2%
2013 and later5.7%

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.

Where Salena is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Salena has been most common in California (2.7×), Michigan (2.7×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in North Carolina (0.6×).

2,009 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Salena

2 other first names also have 4,177 people.

#4,460 Dontae · 4,177#4,460 Lachlan · 4,177

Either side of Salena

#4,460 Dontae · 4,177#4,460 Lachlan · 4,177#4,463 Rama · 4,175#4,464 Aries · 4,172

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,265 Salina · 6,533#17,151 Saleena · 648#33,858 Salene · 243#37,614 Salema · 207

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