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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

LenaIn Hebrew: לנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Lena (Hebrew: לנה) is a girl's name of international origin. 740 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1985, with 27 babies.

People in Israel
740
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1985
27 babies
USA, 2025
1,106
rank #279

Writing and saying Lena

In Hebrew letters the name is לנה, read right to left. Lena is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Lena by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Lena: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Lena in English-speaking countries

Lena in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,106#2791917 (3,004)
United Kingdom2025185#2712014 (492)
England and Wales2025158#2882013 (427)
Scotland202521#1912014 (51)
Northern Ireland20256#2592014 (17)
Ireland202516#2672012 (99)
British Columbia202319#1562019 (25)
Alberta202525#1662019 (37)
Quebec2025103#482024 (124)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Lena has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Lena

How do you write Lena in Hebrew?

Lena is written לנה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Lena?

740 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name לנה: 740 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Lena a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named לנה are women.

Is Lena used outside Israel?

The name Lena appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,106 girls were given it in 2025 (#279), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 185 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.