How Many People Are Named Yalena?
An estimated 209 people in the United States have the first name Yalena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Yalena peaked in popularity in 2016 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yalena 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 Yalena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
209
About 1 in 1,639,973 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2016
15 births
Total Registered
211
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yalena
Yalena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 211 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yalena as a female name
Ranked #10,205 in 2024
10 female births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (15 births)
Yalena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yalena span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 102 babies were registered. While Yalena is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yalena by Decade
How has Yalena 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.
Yalena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yalena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yalena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yalena?
We estimate approximately 209 people named Yalena 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 1,639,973 Americans share this first name.
Is Yalena a common name?
Yalena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 211 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yalena most popular?
Yalena reached peak popularity in 2016, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yalena is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yalena a female name?
Yalena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yalena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yalena Smith, Yalena Johnson, Yalena 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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