# Jelena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jelena/  
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 | Bulgarian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /jɛˈleɪnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,633 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,633 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 74, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian Еле́на (Jeléna) and Pannonian Rusyn Єлена (Jelena), from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Helen and Ellen.

## 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 | 58 | 2,967 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,239 |
| 2013 | 47 | 3,382 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,948 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,320 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,921 |
| 2017 | 68 | 2,583 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,134 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,820 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,808 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,674 |
| 2022 | 37 | 4,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,870 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,426 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,030 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2,301 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,836 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Jelena

- Jelena Dokic, Croatian, later Australian, female tennis player
- Jelena Jensen, American pornographic actress and model
- Jelena Kostanić Tošić, Croatian tennis player
- Jelena Rozga, Croatian pop singer
- Jelena Šubić, Croatian noblewoman, Queen Mother of Bosnia and mother of King Tvrtko I of Bosnia
- Jelena Grubišić, Croatian handball player
- Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater (born 1989)
- Jelena Pandžić, Croatian tennis player
- Jelena Ivezić, Croatian basketball player (born 1984)
- Jelena Peeters, Belgian speed skater and roller speed skater
- Jelena Nemanjić Šubić, Countess of Klis, Omiš and Skradin
- Jelena Veljača, Croatian actress and screenwriter

## 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.