girl's name
Yelena
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 3,625
Yelena is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 112 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2022, when 145 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 29,602 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1961.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Yelena over time
Births per decade in France, 1980s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 30 |
| 1990s | 285 |
| 2000s | 535 |
| 2010s | 625 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 395 |
How popular is Yelena?
In 2025, Yelena was given to 112 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Yelena 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 Yelena is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Yéléna | Yéléna is Yelena written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #1,319. | 475 |
| Yélèna | Yélèna is a rare spelling of Yelena, written with an acute accent and recorded about 80 times, mostly in France. | 80 |
| Yélena | Yélena is a rare spelling of Yelena, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. | 10 |
Names that peaked alongside Yelena
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Yelena also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yelena over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Yelena 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.
- Hungarian
- Ellina
Sibling names for Yelena
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yelena — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Yelena
How popular is the name Yelena?
In 2025, Yelena was given to 112 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Yelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Yelena is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Yelena?
Yelena has 3 syllables.
When was Yelena most popular?
Yelena peaked in 2022, when 145 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Yelena a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yelena currently ranks #1,319 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.