Eleny — #6768 US girls' name
326 babies named Eleny in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Eleny was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Eleny in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eleny
The Social Security Administration has registered 326 babies named Eleny between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eleny currently holds the #6768 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eleny performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Eleny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Eleny in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eleny 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 326 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.
Eleny at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Eleny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2016)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #6768 among girls.
326 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 23 births in a single year.
Eleny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 156 births that decade — 48% of Eleny's all-time total
Eleny decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eleny's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Eleny by state
Where Eleny concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 12.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 4.0% |
40 of 326 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.3% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.