NameTides

Ellena

Ellena was the #3,780 girls' name in the US in 2025 (39 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales.

Ellena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ellena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Ellena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,780 (39)#2,605 (10)—
2024#2,819 (59)#2,254 (12)—
2023#2,757 (62)#2,928 (8)#2,900 (6)
2022#3,313 (48)#3,971 (5)#1,989 (10)
2021#2,638 (65)#2,073 (13)#2,377 (8)
2020#2,712 (61)#1,618 (18)#1,662 (13)
2019#2,784 (60)#1,252 (26)#1,798 (12)
2018#3,201 (50)#1,170 (29)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,664 (65)#1,184 (29)#2,374 (8)
2016#2,697 (64)#1,241 (27)#2,195 (9)
2015#3,001 (57)#871 (42)#1,659 (13)
2014#2,969 (57)#859 (44)#2,905 (6)
2013#2,408 (75)#944 (39)#2,204 (9)
2012#2,654 (67)#758 (52)#2,013 (10)
2011#3,452 (46)#789 (47)#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #2,408.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 42,000 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 42,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ellena is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 39,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 58,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ellena 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: 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: #2,487CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ellena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EllenaCanadaGirls—too few
EllenaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
EllenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EllenaUSGirls#3,78039