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Lena

The name Lena carries the meaning "Greek, light", with roots in Greek. It is not as common as it was in the 1910s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. In total, about 116,210 American babies have carried this name since 1900.

EtymologyShort for Helena
GreekGreek – "light"
Births by decade
1900s
12,727
1910s
23,693
1920s
22,931
1930s
10,606
1940s
7,397
1950s
5,739
1960s
5,192
1970s
4,689
1980s
4,575
1990s
4,469
2000s
6,066
2010s
8,126
Peaked in the 1910s · 116,210 total U.S. births since 1900