Jelena
Jelena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 320.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201768 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1959
- 1,607people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,607 girls have been named Jelena in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 68 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Jelena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Jelena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Malinapeak 2009
- Raniapeak 2006
- Addypeak 2011
- Halapeak 2011
- Miyapeak 2007
- Kamiapeak 2010
- Ahnapeak 2014
- Viktoriapeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.