Ellena
- #3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,525since 1888
Ellena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ellena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,780 | 39 |
| 2024 | #2,819 | 59 |
| 2023 | #2,757 | 62 |
| 2022 | #3,313 | 48 |
| 2021 | #2,638 | 65 |
| 2020 | #2,712 | 61 |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 |
| 2018 | #3,201 | 50 |
| 2017 | #2,664 | 65 |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 |
| 2015 | #3,001 | 57 |
| 2014 | #2,969 | 57 |
| 2013 | #2,408 | 75 |
| 2012 | #2,654 | 67 |
| 2011 | #3,452 | 46 |
| 2010 | #3,689 | 42 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #2,854 | 47 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Ellena! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ellena is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
Best ever in a state: #851 in California, 1952.
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| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 961 spots since 2024 (#2,819 → #3,780)
- 1,068 spots since 2020 (#2,712 → #3,780)
- 779 spots since 2015 (#3,001 → #3,780)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1889 at #1,025 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,397
- Highest: 1 in 23,397 girls born in 2013 were named Ellena (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,212 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,025 in 1889, was only 1 in 25,481 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 23.1% of all girls named Ellena (583) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #1,025 (1889) | #1,081 |
| 1890s | 32 | #1,123 (1895) | #1,361 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,471 (1909) | #1,533 |
| 1910s | 121 | #1,385 (1914) | #2,219 |
| 1920s | 140 | #2,076 (1926) | #2,540 |
| 1930s | 99 | #2,095 (1935) | #2,890 |
| 1940s | 107 | #2,134 (1949) | #2,891 |
| 1950s | 118 | #2,327 (1952) | #3,493 |
| 1960s | 123 | #2,825 (1964) | #3,961 |
| 1970s | 115 | #4,123 (1971) | #5,108 |
| 1980s | 119 | #3,859 (1981) | #6,118 |
| 1990s | 225 | #2,854 (1999) | #4,981 |
| 2000s | 381 | #3,176 (2006) | #3,898 |
| 2010s | 583 | #2,408 (2013) | #2,952 |
| 2020s | 334 | #2,638 (2021) | #3,003 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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