girl's name

Albena

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 420

Albena is a girl's name. In 1932 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1917, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1889.

Albena over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 1930s. The striped bar is the 1930s, still in progress — it covers 1930 to 1932, not a full ten years.

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Births named Albena by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 6
1890s 15
1900s 43
1910s 182
1920s 141
1930s (to 1932) 10

How popular is Albena?

In 1932, Albena was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Albena is used

United States #4,949 5 in 1932
England & Wales #6,989 3 in 2019
France #7,063 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Albena

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Albena also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Albena over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Albena

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Albena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Albena

How popular is the name Albena?

In 1932, Albena was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Albena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Albena most popular?

Albena peaked in 1917, when 29 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Albena a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Albena currently ranks #7,063 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.