NameTides

Elana

Elana was the #1,981 girls' name in the US in 2025 (97 babies), and #1,639 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Elana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Elana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,981 (97)#1,639 (18)———#1,429 (17)
2024#1,870 (107)#1,353 (24)——#898 (3)#2,259 (9)
2023#2,033 (96)#1,705 (17)———#2,027 (10)
2022#1,793 (114)#1,383 (23)———#2,133 (9)
2021#1,680 (123)#1,454 (21)———#2,377 (8)
2020#1,818 (108)#1,238 (26)———#1,877 (11)
2019#1,700 (123)#1,634 (18)———#1,600 (14)
2018#1,590 (135)#1,111 (31)———#1,440 (16)
2017#1,665 (129)#1,733 (17)——#873 (3)#2,609 (7)
2016#1,516 (149)#1,416 (23)———#1,906 (11)
2015#1,526 (147)#1,204 (28)——#896 (3)#2,179 (9)
2014#1,356 (172)#1,040 (34)——#584 (6)#1,786 (12)
2013#1,576 (136)#1,253 (27)#816 (3)——#2,595 (7)
2012#1,302 (181)#1,297 (25)——#677 (5)—
2011#1,598 (135)#1,096 (31)———#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #1,076.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1934.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elana is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Elana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5917

Elana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElanaCanadaGirls#1,42917
ElanaEngland & WalesGirls#1,63918
ElanaIrelandGirls—too few
ElanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElanaScotlandGirls—too few
ElanaUSGirls#1,98197