# Elana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,909 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,909 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 711, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 135 | 1,605 |
| 2012 | 181 | 1,304 |
| 2013 | 136 | 1,582 |
| 2014 | 172 | 1,357 |
| 2015 | 147 | 1,527 |
| 2016 | 149 | 1,518 |
| 2017 | 129 | 1,667 |
| 2018 | 135 | 1,590 |
| 2019 | 123 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 108 | 1,823 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,685 |
| 2022 | 114 | 1,797 |
| 2023 | 96 | 2,035 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,874 |
| 2025 | 97 | 1,982 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 1,096 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,040 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,238 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,383 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Elana

- Elana Meyers Taylor, American bobsledder

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.