Elena

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Elena is ranked 45th among girls in 2024 (4,567 births). Its best rank was 45th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #45up 2 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4,5670.28% of girls
Peak year: 20244,567 births
Best rank: #45in 2024
Since 1880: 103,149people given the name

Babies named Elena, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

103,149 girls have been named Elena in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 4,567 births — 0.28% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 28%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 9 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Elena
1880s	74
1890s	200
1900s	376
1910s	1,335
1920s	2,169
1930s	1,638
1940s	2,247
1950s	3,452
1960s	4,743
1970s	5,281
1980s	6,299
1990s	9,501
2000s	15,699
2010s	28,798
2020s	21,337

In 2024, its biggest year

Elena was the 45th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Elena

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

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.