Elena

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Elena is a popular female given name of Greek origin. The name means "shining light". Nicknames of the name Elena are Lena, Lennie, Ella, Ellie, Nellie, or Nena.

From Wikipedia

Elena first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 379 babies (rank #146 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Elena

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Elena yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

5,358

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

379

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Elena

Elena Ceaușescuconducător · b. 1919
Elena Ferrantenovelist · b. 1943
Elena Cornaro Piscopiaphilosopher · b. 1646
Elena of Montenegroconsort · b. 1873
Elena Kaganacademic administrator · b. 1960

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	213	#202
1997	212	#203
1998	213	#203
1999	205	#206
2000	245	#176
2001	198	#203
2002	237	#182
2003	232	#203
2004	214	#215
2005	226	#210
2006	223	#217
2007	217	#236
2008	250	#206
2009	200	#240
2010	264	#193
2011	304	#171
2012	280	#185
2013	328	#159
2014	357	#155
2015	379	#146
2016	361	#151