Kaleena
Feminine · “Slavic kalina”
Kalyna is the guelder rose, and in Ukraine it is not merely a plant. Its red berries appear in hundreds of folk songs, on embroidery, in wedding ritual and on the national coat of arms of several regions, and one of the best known Ukrainian songs of the twentieth century is about a bent kalyna standing back up.
How old is the name Kaleena?
Kaleena first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Kaleena alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 2,100 people named Kaleena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kaleena most popular?
Kaleena peaked in 1983, reaching #547 nationally. Today it ranks #8362, 7,815 places below that high. See the whole 1983 chart.
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Where it comes from
From kalina to Kaleena
The story of Kaleena
The kalyna carries an unusual weight in Ukrainian culture. It appears in folk song as a figure for a young woman, for blood and for memory; brides wore it, it was planted on graves, and its berries stand for the ties of family and country. The song Oi u luzi chervona kalyna, written in 1914 about a bent kalyna and the rebuilding of a nation, became one of the most sung Ukrainian songs of the last century and was revived widely after 2022. The plant itself is unremarkable botanically, a shrub with white flowers and bitter red fruit that requires frost before it can be eaten. What makes it a symbol is the color and the persistence: the berries hang on through winter after the leaves are gone. Slavic naming uses plant names freely, and Kalina is one of the older of them.
Meaningscholars disagree
Slavic kalina, the guelder rose
Kalina is the Slavic name for the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, and is used as a given name across Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria and the Balkans. Kaleena is an American spelling, and in the American record it is at least as likely to be a formation on the Ka- prefix with the -leena ending, alongside Kalina, Kaleen and Kaleena. Which applies is not recoverable. It peaks in 1983.
How the name formed
- kalina
- Kaleena
Related forms: Kalyna · Kalina · Kalina
Pronouncing Kaleena
kah-LEE-nah
Three syllables, stress on the second. The Slavic Kalina is said the same way with a shorter first vowel. English speakers sometimes say kuh-LEE-nuh with the first syllable reduced.
Nicknames for Kaleena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 1983341 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #547reached in 1983
- Change vs 2024
- −40.0%12 in 2025, from 20
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kaleena in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kalyna in Ukrainian — related form
- Kalina in Polish — same name
- Kalina in Bulgarian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Texas.
Kaleenas among us
people named Kaleena are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 133,939 born in 2025 was named Kaleena
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kaleena
- #8362
- Kaleena on the 2025 chart
- #891
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kaleena went to 12 girls in 2025, but Kalena and Calena are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 69, which makes it the 891st most-given girls’ name of the year — 7,471 places above the chart.
- Kalena50
- Kaleena12
- Calena7
About 1 girl in 23,294 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 133,939 for Kaleena itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Roseanne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kaleena's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Roseanne climbed just as high around 1950, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Roseanne's path sketches the road Kaleena is walking now.
Kaleena sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Kaleena beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kaleena in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Slavic plant name is settled and carries a rich tradition.
- Lena and Kali are two usable short forms.
- The rhythm is even and easy to say.
- Kalina is the standard Slavic spelling.
- Whether it is a Slavic name or an American coinage depends on the family.
- Kaleena, Kalena and Kalina all circulate.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kaleenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Kaleena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kaleena?
- Kaleena is one of 3 recorded spellings. Kalena is the more common one — 50 births in 2025 against 12 for Kaleena.
- How popular is the name Kaleena in 2025?
- Kaleena ranks #8362 among US girl names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kaleena?
- About 1 in every 133,939 US girls born in 2025 was named Kaleena — 12 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kaleena with classmates?
- Kaleena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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