Yelena
Yelena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 72 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 720.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2022145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1961
- 1,514people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,514 girls have been named Yelena in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 145 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2000s alone account for 32%.
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Yelena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Yelena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karelypeak 2023
- Tatumpeak 2024
- Laineepeak 2023
- Siannapeak 2024
- Rainpeak 2023
- Soleilpeak 2024
- Giuliapeak 2022
- Jianapeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.