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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 4,836 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 108,013since 1880
Elena over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #42 | 4,836 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #46 | 4,577 | — | |
| 2023 | #47 | 4,276 | — | |
| 2022 | #49 | 4,290 | — | |
| 2021 | #53 | 4,283 | — | |
| 2020 | #55 | 3,930 | — | |
| 2019 | #60 | 3,949 | — | |
| 2018 | #67 | 3,776 | — | |
| 2017 | #68 | 3,882 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #94 | 3,190 | — | |
| 2015 | #106 | 2,898 | — | |
| 2014 | #121 | 2,616 | — | |
| 2013 | #132 | 2,393 | — | |
| 2012 | #139 | 2,275 | — | |
| 2011 | #160 | 1,939 | — | |
| 2010 | #164 | 1,886 | — | |
| 2009 | #195 | 1,685 | — | |
| 2008 | #209 | 1,627 | — | |
| 2007 | #192 | 1,744 | — | |
| 2006 | #187 | 1,875 | — | |
| 2005 | #217 | 1,604 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #215 | 1,584 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #222 | 1,464 | — | |
| 2002 | #233 | 1,358 | — | |
| 2001 | #228 | 1,392 | — | |
| 2000 | #234 | 1,366 | — | |
| 1999 | #212 | 1,468 | — | |
| 1998 | #273 | 1,138 | — | |
| 1997 | #295 | 971 | — | |
| 1996 | #301 | 947 | — | |
| 1995 | #293 | 947 | — | |
| 1994 | #297 | 921 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #322 | 819 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #337 | 791 | — | |
| 1991 | #348 | 742 | — | |
| 1990 | #352 | 756 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #355 | 722 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #393 | 611 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #389 | 595 | — | |
| 1986 | #368 | 638 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #328 | 726 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #397 | 542 | — | |
| 1983 | #391 | 563 | — | |
| 1982 | #373 | 616 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #358 | 654 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #370 | 633 | — | |
| 1979 | #360 | 629 | — | |
| 1978 | #371 | 574 | — | |
| 1977 | #389 | 539 | — | |
| 1976 | #387 | 530 | — | |
| 1975 | #389 | 521 | — | |
| 1974 | #382 | 546 | — | |
| 1973 | #440 | 433 | — | |
| 1972 | #406 | 485 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #412 | 515 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #433 | 509 | — | |
| 1969 | #423 | 522 | — | |
| 1968 | #436 | 475 | — | |
| 1967 | #402 | 519 | — | |
| 1966 | #398 | 529 | — | |
| 1965 | #443 | 455 | — | |
| 1964 | #435 | 507 | — | |
| 1963 | #440 | 484 | — | |
| 1962 | #469 | 422 | — | |
| 1961 | #485 | 400 | — | |
| 1960 | #468 | 431 | — | |
| 1959 | #485 | 399 | — | |
| 1958 | #454 | 440 | — | |
| 1957 | #471 | 403 | — | |
| 1956 | #502 | 349 | — | |
| 1955 | #444 | 408 | — | |
| 1954 | #483 | 338 | — | |
| 1953 | #489 | 314 | — | |
| 1952 | #506 | 277 | — | |
| 1951 | #504 | 267 | — | |
| 1950 | #501 | 259 | — | |
| 1949 | #497 | 266 | — | |
| 1948 | #478 | 281 | — | |
| 1947 | #517 | 256 | — | |
| 1946 | #501 | 242 | — | |
| 1945 | #494 | 216 | — | |
| 1944 | #478 | 223 | — | |
| 1943 | #496 | 225 | — | |
| 1942 | #519 | 205 | — | |
| 1941 | #494 | 198 | — | |
| 1940 | #598 | 135 | — | |
| 1939 | #593 | 127 | — | |
| 1938 | #550 | 153 | — | |
| 1937 | #551 | 148 | — | |
| 1936 | #530 | 150 | — | |
| 1935 | #561 | 130 | — | |
| 1934 | #502 | 164 | — | |
| 1933 | #479 | 178 | — | |
| 1932 | #475 | 193 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #485 | 176 | — | |
| 1930 | #455 | 219 | — | |
| 1929 | #450 | 214 | — | |
| 1928 | #428 | 250 | — | |
| 1927 | #441 | 242 | — | |
| 1926 | #443 | 232 | — | |
| 1925 | #479 | 213 | — | |
| 1924 | #476 | 213 | — | |
| 1923 | #474 | 211 | — | |
| 1922 | #481 | 205 | — | |
| 1921 | #475 | 211 | — | |
| 1920 | #529 | 178 | — | |
| 1919 | #514 | 175 | — | |
| 1918 | #494 | 188 | — | |
| 1917 | #525 | 162 | — | |
| 1916 | #506 | 166 | — | |
| 1915 | #481 | 164 | — | |
| 1914 | #478 | 132 | — | |
| 1913 | #464 | 116 | — | |
| 1912 | #536 | 83 | — | |
| 1911 | #443 | 84 | — | |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 | — | |
| 1909 | #535 | 50 | — | |
| 1908 | #476 | 57 | — | |
| 1907 | #554 | 43 | — | |
| 1906 | #555 | 40 | — | |
| 1905 | #600 | 34 | — | |
| 1904 | #520 | 40 | — | |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 | — | |
| 1902 | #528 | 37 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #760 | 23 | — | |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 | — | |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 | — | |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 | — | |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #42 (4,836 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1884–2025
- Highest: 1 in 332 girls born in 2025 were named Elena (0.30%)
- 26.7% of all girls named Elena (28,804) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #628 (1880) | #760 |
| 1890s | 200 | #557 (1894) | #681 |
| 1900s | 376 | #476 (1908) | #580 |
| 1910s | 1,335 | #443 (1911) | #494 |
| 1920s | 2,169 | #428 (1928) | #468 |
| 1930s | 1,638 | #455 (1930) | #518 |
| 1940s | 2,247 | #478 (1948) | #507 |
| 1950s | 3,454 | #444 (1955) | #484 |
| 1960s | 4,744 | #398 (1966) | #440 |
| 1970s | 5,281 | #360 (1979) | #397 |
| 1980s | 6,300 | #328 (1985) | #372 |
| 1990s | 9,500 | #212 (1999) | #303 |
| 2000s | 15,699 | #187 (2006) | #213 |
| 2010s | 28,804 | #60 (2019) | #111 |
| 2020s | 26,192 | #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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 1,159 of them was named Elena, which outranked 98.9% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 283,568 of them was named Elena, which outranked 32.5% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,143Zorion8
- #8,143Zyere8
- #8,143Zyrion8
- #8,927Elena7
- #8,927Aasim7
- #8,927Aayan7
- #8,927Abdinasir7
- #9,948Aadon6
- #9,948Aalim6
- #9,948Aamari6
Tied with 1,020 names at #8,927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.