How Many People Are Named Gelena?
An estimated 115 people in the United States have the first name Gelena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 16 years old, and Gelena peaked in popularity in 2008 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gelena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Gelena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
115
About 1 in 2,980,473 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
16
years old
Peak Year
2008
18 births
Total Registered
121
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gelena
Gelena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 121 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Gelena as a female name
Ranked #16,358 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 2008 (18 births)
Gelena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gelena span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 66 babies were registered. Gelena remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Gelena by Decade
How has Gelena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Gelena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gelena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Gelena
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Gelena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gelena?
We estimate approximately 115 people named Gelena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,980,473 Americans share this first name.
Is Gelena a common name?
Gelena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 66.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 121 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gelena most popular?
Gelena reached peak popularity in 2008, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gelena is approximately 16 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gelena a female name?
Gelena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gelena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gelena Smith, Gelena Johnson, Gelena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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