How popular is the name Elana?

Elana ranks 1,384th among girls' names in US records, with 10,356 births since 1934. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,805.

Is Elana a unisex name?

No. Elana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 279 children were given the name. It has been in use for 91 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Ellana, Elleana, Elleanna, Ehlana. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,384 of girl names

Pronounced EH1 L AA1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Elana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1934. It has been given to 10,356 children — the 1,384th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 22% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 279 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Ellana, Elleana, Elleanna and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Elana and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Elana?: Elana ranks 1,384th among girls' names in US records, with 10,356 births since 1934. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,805.
Is Elana a unisex name?: No. Elana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Elana most popular?: 2006, when 279 children were given the name. It has been in use for 91 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Elana spelled?: Ellana, Elleana, Elleanna, Ehlana. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.