Ellana — #10368 US girls' name
589 babies named Ellana in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Ellana was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Ellana in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellana
The Social Security Administration has registered 589 babies named Ellana between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellana currently holds the #10368 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ellana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ellana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellana 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 589 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.
Ellana at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ellana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (2010)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #10368 among girls.
589 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 29 births in a single year.
Ellana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 234 births that decade — 40% of Ellana's all-time total
Ellana decade highlights
- Peak decade 234 births
- Runner-up 170 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ellana's strongest decade
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Ellana by state
Where Ellana concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 1.2% |
7 of 589 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.2% 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, 1946–2024 (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.