Girl name#352 of girl names
Elena
Pronounced EH1 L AH0 N AA0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
How popular is Elena?
Elena is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 103,930 children — the 352nd most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 99% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 4,625 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 L AH0 N AA0 · EH2 L EY1 N AA0
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 210
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Elena
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Elena
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Elena?
- Elena ranks 352nd among girls' names in US records, with 103,930 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 39,436.
- Is Elena a unisex name?
- No. Elena is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Elena most popular?
- 2024, when 4,625 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.