Rank 2025
#1,982
among girls · ↓108 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
97
named Elana · -9% vs 2024
How common
1 in 16,570
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2006
219 babies
All-time total
8,909
#1,805 all-time among girls
First recorded
1934
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Elana is most popular
Girls named Elana per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.066 per 1,000.
Strongest in New Jersey, Florida, and Georgia.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Elana born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Elana
Elana is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,982 in 2025 with 97 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1934, 8,909 American babies have been named Elana. Its peak came in 2006, when 219 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Elana stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.