Meaning and history
A form of Helen used in various languages, and an alternate transcription of Russian Елена (see Yelena).
20062006: 1,875 births, rank #187
2007: 1,744 births, rank #192
2008: 1,627 births, rank #209
2009: 1,685 births, rank #195
2010: 1,886 births, rank #164
20112011: 1,939 births, rank #160
2012: 2,275 births, rank #139
2013: 2,393 births, rank #132
2014: 2,616 births, rank #121
2015: 2,898 births, rank #106
20162016: 3,190 births, rank #94
2017: 3,882 births, rank #68
2018: 3,776 births, rank #67
2019: 3,949 births, rank #60
2020: 3,930 births, rank #55
20212021: 4,283 births, rank #53
2022: 4,290 births, rank #49
2023: 4,276 births, rank #47
2024: 4,577 births, rank #46
20252025: 4,836 births, rank #42
Elena has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #971 by 1887, before climbing to #42 in 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 4,836.