Elena

#42 for girls in 2025, 4,836 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 4,836 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
108,013
since 1880

Elena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#424,836#10,6956
2024#464,577
2023#474,276
2022#494,290
2021#534,283
2020#553,930
2019#603,949
2018#673,776
2017#683,882#12,2465
2016#943,190
2015#1062,898
2014#1212,616
2013#1322,393
2012#1392,275
2011#1601,939
2010#1641,886
2009#1951,685
2008#2091,627
2007#1921,744
2006#1871,875
2005#2171,604#10,1516
2004#2151,584#8,9277
2003#2221,464
2002#2331,358
2001#2281,392
2000#2341,366
1999#2121,468
1998#2731,138
1997#295971
1996#301947
1995#293947
1994#297921#6,9687
1993#322819#8,7005
1992#337791
1991#348742
1990#352756#8,1175
1989#355722#4,27112
1988#393611#5,7517
1987#389595
1986#368638#5,9266
1985#328726#5,1477
1984#397542
1983#391563
1982#373616#5,6196
1981#358654#6,2625
1980#370633
1979#360629
1978#371574
1977#389539
1976#387530
1975#389521
1974#382546
1973#440433
1972#406485#4,4416
1971#412515#3,9637
1970#433509
1969#423522
1968#436475
1967#402519
1966#398529
1965#443455
1964#435507
1963#440484
1962#469422
1961#485400
1960#468431
1959#485399
1958#454440
1957#471403
1956#502349
1955#444408
1954#483338
1953#489314
1952#506277
1951#504267
1950#501259
1949#497266
1948#478281
1947#517256
1946#501242
1945#494216
1944#478223
1943#496225
1942#519205
1941#494198
1940#598135
1939#593127
1938#550153
1937#551148
1936#530150
1935#561130
1934#502164
1933#479178
1932#475193#3,0927
1931#485176
1930#455219
1929#450214
1928#428250
1927#441242
1926#443232
1925#479213
1924#476213
1923#474211
1922#481205
1921#475211
1920#529178
1919#514175
1918#494188
1917#525162
1916#506166
1915#481164
1914#478132
1913#464116
1912#53683
1911#44384
1910#50365
1909#53550
1908#47657
1907#55443
1906#55540
1905#60034
1904#52040
1903#69523
1902#52837
1901#57729
1900#76023
1899#64423
1898#69722
1897#73518
1896#62125
1895#60725
1894#55727
1893#71317
1892#76215
1891#64417
1890#82511
1889#80211
1888#66315
1887#9377
1886#69311
1885#8427
1884#68610
1883
1882
1881#8305
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elena was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elena
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#46#42)
  • 13 spots since 2020 (#55#42)
  • 64 spots since 2015 (#106#42)
  • Biggest jump: 274 spots in 1888 (#937#663)
  • Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1887 (#693#937)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #42 (4,836 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1884–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 332
  • Highest: 1 in 332 girls born in 2025 were named Elena (0.30%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 26.7% of all girls named Elena (28,804) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s74#628 (1880)#760
1890s200#557 (1894)#681
1900s376#476 (1908)#580
1910s1,335#443 (1911)#494
1920s2,169#428 (1928)#468
1930s1,638#455 (1930)#518
1940s2,247#478 (1948)#507
1950s3,454#444 (1955)#484
1960s4,744#398 (1966)#440
1970s5,281#360 (1979)#397
1980s6,300#328 (1985)#372
1990s9,500#212 (1999)#303
2000s15,699#187 (2006)#213
2010s28,804#60 (2019)#111
2020s26,192#42 (2025)#49

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elena in 1932

girls
#475
193 births · 1 in 5,529 girls
boys
#3,092
7 births · 1 in 149,165 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #475Elena193

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #3,092Elena7
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 5,529 of them was named Elena, which outranked 90.7% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elena
  1. #472Callie195
  2. #472Hope195
  3. #474Iona194
  4. #475Elena193
  5. #475Lelia193
  6. #477Maude192
  7. #478Madge191
  8. #479Leota190

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 149,165 of them was named Elena, which outranked 27.8% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elena
  1. #2,849Worthy8
  2. #2,849Zigmund8
  3. #2,849Zoltan8
  4. #3,092Elena7
  5. #3,092Abbie7
  6. #3,092Abie7
  7. #3,092Addie7
  8. #3,361Able6
  9. #3,361Acencion6
  10. #3,361Achille6

Tied with 268 names at #3,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932