# Eleni (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eleni/  
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 | 6,822 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,822 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,234, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Greek Ελένη (Eléni), a female given name used in (modern) Greece. Doublet of Helen, Ellen, Helena, and Elena.

## 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 | 150 | 1,491 |
| 2012 | 124 | 1,692 |
| 2013 | 151 | 1,472 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,439 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,602 |
| 2016 | 162 | 1,426 |
| 2017 | 139 | 1,573 |
| 2018 | 118 | 1,743 |
| 2019 | 163 | 1,380 |
| 2020 | 149 | 1,451 |
| 2021 | 170 | 1,324 |
| 2022 | 187 | 1,280 |
| 2023 | 215 | 1,130 |
| 2024 | 255 | 1,006 |
| 2025 | 240 | 1,038 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 53 | 749 |
| 2013 | 45 | 839 |
| 2014 | 56 | 699 |
| 2015 | 44 | 845 |
| 2016 | 36 | 994 |
| 2017 | 48 | 808 |
| 2018 | 48 | 791 |
| 2019 | 56 | 694 |
| 2020 | 48 | 765 |
| 2021 | 48 | 767 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 51 | 706 |
| 2024 | 44 | 837 |
| 2025 | 65 | 596 |

## People named Eleni

- Eleni Kounalakis, American diplomat and politician (born 1966)
- Eleni Artymata, Cypriot sprinter
- Eleni Theocharous, Cypriot politician
- Eleni Mavrou, Cypriot politician
- Helena Palaiologina, daughter of Demetrios Palaiologos, later taken into Sultan Mehmed II's harem

## 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.