Girls' name · since 2003
Elaena
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Elaena, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,599 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
89 babies have been named Elaena since 2003, making it today's #12599 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Elaena recorded 89 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #12599 nationally today, ahead of 27% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #28,420 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,599 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elaena ranks #28,420 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,599 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 89 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,599 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elaena's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elaena compares
89 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elaena's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elaena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elaena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elaena's full recorded timeline at 2017, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elaena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Elaena by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Elaena's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Elaena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (36% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elaena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elaena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.