Meaning and history
Malena is a Swedish and Spanish contracted form of Magdalena; in Spanish, it can also be a shortened form of María Elena.
20062006: 130 births, rank #1,627
2007: 138 births, rank #1,613
2008: 122 births, rank #1,789
2009: 123 births, rank #1,769
2010: 118 births, rank #1,751
20112011: 115 births, rank #1,772
2012: 98 births, rank #1,983
2013: 95 births, rank #2,032
2014: 110 births, rank #1,838
2015: 100 births, rank #1,984
20162016: 82 births, rank #2,308
2017: 89 births, rank #2,144
2018: 81 births, rank #2,254
2019: 88 births, rank #2,128
2020: 59 births, rank #2,779
20212021: 75 births, rank #2,384
2022: 78 births, rank #2,364
2023: 70 births, rank #2,517
2024: 73 births, rank #2,462
20252025: 81 births, rank #2,256
In 2025, 81 babies were recorded with the name Malena, ranking #2,256 among girls.