Ellena — #2813 US girls' name
2,486 babies named Ellena in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Ellena was born in this single decade.
75 babies were named Ellena in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellena
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,486 babies named Ellena between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellena currently holds the #2813 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 75 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 583 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ellena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 235 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ellena in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellena 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 2,486 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.
Ellena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ellena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (2013)
- 75
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #2813 among girls.
2,486 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 75 births in a single year.
Ellena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 583 births that decade — 23% of Ellena's all-time total
Ellena decade highlights
- Peak decade 583 births
- Runner-up 381 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ellena's strongest decade
583 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Ellena by state
Where Ellena concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 235 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 159 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.2% |
235 of 2,486 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.5% of nationwide
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.4% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ellena appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1888–2024 (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.