Given name & surname
Mena
Mena is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish and Atayal.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,678
- 161 boys · 1,517 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #6,257 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,257 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,554 as a first name in 2020; 20,019 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mena’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mena
- Mena SuvariAmerican actress, fashion designer, model (born 1979)
- Menas of EgyptEgyptian saint, martyr and wonder-worker, said to have lived 285-ca. 309
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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