Elana
Elana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 106 births. Its best rank was 893rd, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1060.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2006219 births
- Best rank
- #893in 1960
- Since 1934
- 8,809people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,809 girls have been named Elana in the United States since 1934, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 219 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 2000s alone account for 20%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 163 | |
| 1950s | 205 | |
| 1960s | 878 | |
| 1970s | 953 | |
| 1980s | 1,332 | |
| 1990s | 1,494 | |
| 2000s | 1,762 | |
| 2010s | 1,469 | |
| 2020s | 547 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Elana was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Elana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lanaepeak 2007
- Annalisapeak 2005
- Camilepeak 1991
- Anamariapeak 2001
- Anapeak 1991
- Kateripeak 1980
- Jordanapeak 2009
- Ilanapeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.