Elana — #1881 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elana

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,809 babies named Elana between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elana currently holds the #1881 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 219 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,762 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Elana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,296 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Elana in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 8,809 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.