Elena Girl
How popular is Elena?
#42 girl name in 2025
4,836 baby girls were named Elena in the US in 2025, making it the 42nd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Elena popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #42 for girls (▲ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,836 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #106 in 2015, #55 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (4,836 girls) |
| Highest rank | #42 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elena counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elena family of names ranked #51 for girls in 2025 (#55 the year before), with 5,002 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elena | 4,836 | 97% |
| Ellena | 39 | 1% |
| Eleana | 50 | 1% |
| Elenna | 25 | 0% |
| Elleana | 22 | 0% |
| Elleanna | 14 | 0% |
| Eleanna | 16 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elena is most popular
Babies named Elena per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 6.1 per 1,000 (149 girls)
- Rhode Island: 6.0 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- Hawaii: 5.8 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Alaska: 5.7 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Wyoming: 5.6 per 1,000 (24 girls)
Elena by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #628 |
| 1890s | 200 | #557 |
| 1900s | 376 | #476 |
| 1910s | 1,335 | #443 |
| 1920s | 2,169 | #428 |
| 1930s | 1,638 | #455 |
| 1940s | 2,247 | #477 |
| 1950s | 3,454 | #443 |
| 1960s | 4,744 | #398 |
| 1970s | 5,281 | #360 |
| 1980s | 6,300 | #328 |
| 1990s | 9,500 | #212 |
| 2000s | 15,699 | #187 |
| 2010s | 28,804 | #60 |
| 2020s | 26,192 | #42 |
Girl names about as popular as Elena
Questions
- Is Elena a boy or girl name?
- Elena is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elena were girls.
- How popular is the name Elena?
- 4,836 baby girls were named Elena in the US in 2025, making it the 42nd most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Elena most popular?
- Elena peaked in 2025, when 4,836 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #42 in 2025.
- How many people are named Elena?
- 108,117 babies have been named Elena in the US since 1880. We estimate about 99,913 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Elena most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elena was most common in New Mexico, at 6.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.