Elen — #8966 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elen

The Social Security Administration has registered 401 babies named Elen between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elen currently holds the #8966 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Elen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elen 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 401 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.