Albena
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ælbinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Albena is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country.
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- XKKosovo≈1 in 58K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 127K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Albena itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bulgaria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 108 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,400 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bulgaria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Albena counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | #131 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Albena | 108 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 210K | — | Albena | 12 |
| US United States | — | 280 | 1 in 1.2M | 280 | Albena | 101 |
| ES Spain | — | 175 | 1 in 286K | 186 | Albena | 26 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 135K | — | Albena | 9 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Albena | 10 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | 53as Албена | 1 in 40K | 53 | — | 1 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 58K | 87 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); State Statistical Office — living population names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Albena Stambolovab. 1957BGBulgarian psychologist, writer
- Albena Bakratchevab. 1961BGBulgarian Americanist
- Albena Vachevab. 1962BGBulgarian literary historian
- Albena Simeonovab. 1964BGBulgarian environmentalist
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanskab. 1965BGLuxembourgian composer and pianist
- Albena Kolevab. 1966BGBulgarian actress
- Albena Stavrevab. 1968BGBulgarian actress
- Albena Branzova-Dimitrovab. 1971BGBulgarian basketball player (born 1971)
- Ałbena Grabowskab. 1971PLnot in their usual namePolish physician, writer
- Albena DanailovaBGBulgarian musician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 280 | #30,890 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 186 | #4,320 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 175 | #10,025 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 87 | #3,423 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2005 | 15 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2004 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1932 | 5 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2007 | 4 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2001 | 4 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1992 | 4 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1985 | 4 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2013 | 3 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Albena?
- A machine transcription gives /ælbinə/ (IPA) for Bulgarian.
- Is Albena a male or female name?
- Albena is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Albena have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.4 thousand people named Albena in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled albena.
- How common is the name Albena?
- In the United States, the national register counted 280 people named Albena in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Albena compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Albena is the 131st most common given name of 22,906 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Albena?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/albenaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Albena” — the 131st most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.