Elena

What Elena means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Elena yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elena?

US: Rising: up from #106 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #146 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 4,836 girls got the name (#42 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 332 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 825 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 471 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (8.13 per 1,000 girls), WY (7.4 per 1,000 girls), RI (6.93 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elena is #42 in the US and #161 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Elena were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Alina2,204 US · 208 E&W
• Alana2,085 US · 190 E&W
• Elaina1,176 US · 37 E&W
• Aleena436 US · 150 E&W
• Elina355 US · 69 E&W
• Alena398 US · 25 E&W
• Elani322 US · 10 E&W
• Eleni240 US · 65 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Elena

Girls

• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US
• Alessia#326Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 9 babies
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Cora#113“maiden”^*

For a brother

• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Vincenzo#674Italian form of Vincent, meaning “conquering”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elena’s. Rank is US 2025.