NameTides

Eleni

Eleni was the #1,038 girls' name in the US in 2025 (240 babies), and #596 in England & Wales and #856 in Canada.

Eleni as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eleni as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Eleni as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,038 (240)#596 (65)——#856 (33)
2024#1,004 (255)#837 (44)#790 (3)—#1,117 (23)
2023#1,129 (215)#706 (51)——#1,491 (15)
2022#1,279 (187)#910 (38)——#1,415 (16)
2021#1,323 (170)#767 (48)#792 (3)—#1,229 (20)
2020#1,448 (149)#765 (48)——#1,249 (19)
2019#1,377 (163)#694 (56)——#1,283 (19)
2018#1,741 (118)#791 (48)—#896 (3)#1,567 (14)
2017#1,572 (139)#808 (48)#570 (5)—#1,584 (14)
2016#1,425 (162)#994 (36)——#1,906 (11)
2015#1,600 (134)#845 (44)#806 (3)—#1,115 (22)
2014#1,436 (158)#699 (56)—#876 (3)#972 (27)
2013#1,470 (151)#839 (45)——#1,165 (21)
2012#1,690 (124)#749 (53)——#1,194 (21)
2011#1,490 (150)#894 (40)——#1,081 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,004.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1946.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,700 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 6,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eleni is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 6,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eleni by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: 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: #1,138NCSouth 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: #1,154TXFlorida: #864FL
Eleni (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#5408
Ontario2024#86713

Eleni (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
EleniCanadaGirls#85633
EleniEngland & WalesGirls#59665
EleniIrelandGirls—too few
EleniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EleniScotlandGirls—too few
EleniUSGirls#1,038240