Ellena
Ellena was given to 39 girls in 2025, #3,791 among girls’ names; 2,525 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,020 Americans named Ellena and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 9 and 37.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ellena by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ellena?
#3,791 among girls’ names, 2025
Ellena fell from #3,007 in 2015 to #3,791 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 31.9 to 24.3 per million.
75 babies in 2013, the peak
Ellena peaked in 2013, when 75 girls were given it, #2,417 among girls’ names. The 39 births of 2025 are 52% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,791 | 24.3 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,828 | 36.4 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,766 | 38.6 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,331 | 29.3 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,650 | 39.6 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,729 | 37.7 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,792 | 35.7 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,218 | 29.4 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,675 | 37.6 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,713 | 36.1 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57 | #3,007 | 31.9 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,978 | 31.9 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,417 | 42.7 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,662 | 38.0 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,463 | 26.2 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,700 | 23.6 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,892 | 21.8 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,601 | 23.8 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,346 | 26.0 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,192 | 27.4 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,049 | 18.9 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,408 | 24.0 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,978 | 13.7 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,830 | 18.9 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,885 | 18.3 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,035 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,865 | 26.5 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,834 | 12.5 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,690 | 9.8 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,087 | 14.8 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,907 | 15.4 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,409 | 12.9 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,045 | 10.5 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,797 | 8.7 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,038 | 10.1 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,688 | 4.7 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,913 | 7.6 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,682 | 7.9 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,939 | 5.8 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,277 | 5.2 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,605 | 4.1 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,427 | 5.9 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,870 | 5.4 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,046 | 6.5 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,896 | 12.0 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,797 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,864 | 5.6 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,071 | 6.5 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,001 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,421 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,205 | 10.3 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,100 | 7.5 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,426 | 8.9 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,603 | 5.9 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,166 | 8.4 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,154 | 5.7 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,139 | 4.1 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,491 | 9.1 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,900 | 7.3 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,274 | 5.9 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,799 | 6.8 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,849 | 10.6 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,638 | 4.7 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,647 | 6.6 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,335 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,256 | 7.4 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,104 | 4.9 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,271 | 4.5 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,762 | 5.4 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,562 | 4.0 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,639 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,555 | 5.7 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,161 | 6.9 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,347 | 10.8 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,841 | 7.8 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,284 | 6.4 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,160 | 12.3 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,198 | 6.5 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,521 | 5.6 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,087 | 7.0 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,769 | 5.4 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,368 | 10.8 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,869 | 8.1 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,886 | 8.3 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,614 | 9.6 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,981 | 8.2 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,629 | 10.0 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,352 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,930 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,127 | 14.3 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,984 | 8.6 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,398 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,692 | 10.3 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,593 | 6.6 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,907 | 8.9 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,785 | 9.9 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,658 | 10.4 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,913 | 9.2 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,096 | 15.2 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,133 | 14.8 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,568 | 11.2 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,295 | 13.3 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,756 | 6.7 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,217 | 13.8 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,383 | 12.5 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,555 | 11.5 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,051 | 15.5 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,455 | 12.0 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,285 | 13.4 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,822 | 18.3 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,399 | 27.6 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,925 | 9.6 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,450 | 12.5 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,580 | 12.0 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,218 | 15.1 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,506 | 25.9 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,654 | 22.7 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,671 | 21.5 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,291 | 30.9 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,152 | 38.5 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,551 | 22.4 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,391 | 26.3 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,054 | 39.2 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,178 | 33.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ellena a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ellena has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 124 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ellena: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ellena, and how old are they?
2,020 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 2,525 Americans ever recorded as Ellena. The median Ellena alive today is 19 years old; half are between 9 and 37.
The 2020 Census counted 1,786 people named Ellena (1,780 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,765 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 50 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 184 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 173 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 237 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 616 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 757 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ellena born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,566 | 0.9× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ellena with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Ellena?
Ellena is a less common spelling of Elena: SSA has recorded 2,525 Ellena and 108,117 Elena since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 268,990 babies since 1880, Ellena is the eighth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 39 of their 17,044 babies (<1%), again the eighth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ellena
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ellena and names like it
- Compare Ellena and ElenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEllena peaked in 2013.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ellena since 1910.
- The top names of 2013The year the most babies were named Ellena.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ellena alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.