Galena

#11,256 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of Galenos

Galena has been given to 225 babies in the U.S. since 1902. In 2025 it ranked #11,256 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Galena, 2025

1 in 414,000

Galena over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Galena: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Galenos

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Galena means

Galena is a feminine form of Galenos.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Galena is used in Bulgarian and Macedonian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Galenos.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 225 girls were recorded with the name Galena between 1902 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2010; its best national rank was #1,502 in 1902.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,433 in 2020 to #11,256 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,133 in 2015 to #11,256 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Galena?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 201,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #11,256; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Galena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Galena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Galenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Galena was born before 2003 — so the typical Galena is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 27.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 174; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 27.1% of all recorded uses (61).

Is Galena rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +4,839; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +177; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,877; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.33×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2010 (8)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,502; 1902

Spellings of Galena

Galena is not the most common spelling — Lena is, with 14.9% against Galena's 0.02%.

Lena14.9%146,479
Alexa13.4%131,551
Glenda11.1%109,227
Elena11.0%108,013
Alana6.9%68,264
Selena6.1%59,887
Alina4.6%45,387
Helena4.1%40,412

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Galena around the world

Where Galena ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2016–2016
#5,785
in 2016
France
2016–2016
#6,534
in 2016
South Australia
1957–1965
#674
in 1965

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Galena by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #11,256
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 177
Best rank ever: #1,502; 1902
Peak year: 2010; 8 that year
First recorded: 1902
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 225
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Galena

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Galina Galaxy Galit Yalena Mylena Kawena Alaena Calena Halena Aveena Galileah Galia Gali Galilee Zelena Solena Relena Kylena Zalena Nevena Adeena Eleena Gimena Kyleena

Sibling names for Galena

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydnie Sydni Rhianna Alysa Shyann Jacquelin Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Jarod Keven Jamarcus

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