NameTides

Yelena

Yelena was the #1,796 girls' name in the US in 2025 (112 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Yelena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yelena 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Yelena 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#1,796 (112)—#3,478 (5)
2024#2,491 (72)#5,892 (3)—
2023#2,494 (71)—#2,604 (7)
2022#1,497 (145)#5,670 (3)#1,727 (12)
2021#2,751 (62)#5,581 (3)—
2020#4,548 (29)——
2019#3,851 (38)—#2,872 (6)
2018#4,458 (31)——
2017#3,552 (43)—#3,307 (5)
2016#2,966 (56)——
2015#3,842 (39)#5,730 (3)—
2014#3,326 (48)—#3,316 (5)
2013#3,645 (42)—#2,595 (7)
2012#4,121 (36)#3,681 (6)—
2011#3,350 (48)#4,049 (5)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,497.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yelena is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,200 to 1 in 35,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yelena 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: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,228CAUtah: 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: #909AZNew 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: #1,006TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Yelena (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
YelenaCanadaGirls#3,4785
YelenaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
YelenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
YelenaUSGirls#1,796112