girl's name
Jelena
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 2,600
Jelena is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2017, when 68 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 127,518 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1959.
Jelena over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 |
| 1960s | 26 |
| 1970s | 102 |
| 1980s | 114 |
| 1990s | 216 |
| 2000s | 432 |
| 2010s | 537 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 201 |
How popular is Jelena?
In 2025, Jelena was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Jelena is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Jelena is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Jéléna | Jéléna is a rare spelling of Jelena, written with an acute accent and recorded about 45 times, mostly in France. | 45 |
Names that peaked alongside Jelena
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jelena also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jelena over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Jelena in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Jelena
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jelena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jelena
How popular is the name Jelena?
In 2025, Jelena was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Jelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Jelena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Jelena most popular?
Jelena peaked in 2017, when 68 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Jelena a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jelena currently ranks #2,107 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.