Elana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,981 for girls
Elana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “tree”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 1,981st for girls in the US (97 babies).
What does Elana mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ilana; also a spelling of Alana
“tree”
A spelling of the Hebrew name Ilana, tree.
Is Elana a girl's or a boy's name?
Elana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 97 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Elana, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 35 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Elana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 35 | #1,080 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 31 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 33 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 31 | #943 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 35 | #823 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 28 | #891 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 23 | #1,005 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Elana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,981st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 97 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 97 girls in the US were named Elana, making it the 1,981st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,818th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 219 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
Half of all the girls named Elana in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were given Elana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #1,981 for this spelling alone.
Elana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,981 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,870 |
| 2023 | 96 | #2,033 |
| 2022 | 114 | #1,793 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,818 |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,700 |
| 2018 | 135 | #1,590 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,665 |
| 2016 | 149 | #1,516 |
| 2015 | 147 | #1,526 |
| 2014 | 172 | #1,356 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,576 |
| 2012 | 181 | #1,302 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,598 |
| 2010 | 164 | #1,400 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,445 |
| 2007 | 183 | #1,326 |
| 2006 | 219 | #1,130 |
| 2005 | 179 | #1,259 |
| 2004 | 214 | #1,076 |
| 2003 | 186 | #1,159 |
| 2002 | 151 | #1,296 |
| 2001 | 172 | #1,186 |
| 2000 | 161 | #1,229 |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,172 |
| 1998 | 153 | #1,203 |
| 1997 | 133 | #1,301 |
| 1996 | 159 | #1,137 |
| 1995 | 168 | #1,060 |
| 1994 | 149 | #1,181 |
| 1993 | 155 | #1,141 |
| 1992 | 146 | #1,192 |
| 1991 | 131 | #1,273 |
| 1990 | 135 | #1,228 |
| 1989 | 136 | #1,193 |
| 1988 | 148 | #1,065 |
| 1987 | 123 | #1,182 |
| 1986 | 142 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 149 | #1,014 |
| 1984 | 130 | #1,075 |
| 1983 | 137 | #1,024 |
| 1982 | 126 | #1,117 |
| 1981 | 118 | #1,148 |
| 1980 | 123 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | 116 | #1,144 |
| 1978 | 119 | #1,096 |
| 1977 | 105 | #1,175 |
| 1976 | 87 | #1,273 |
| 1975 | 103 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 110 | #1,070 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 84 | #1,242 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,322 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,343 |
| 1969 | 92 | #1,162 |
| 1968 | 57 | #1,504 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,147 |
| 1966 | 117 | #940 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,421 |
| 1964 | 79 | #1,240 |
| 1963 | 69 | #1,330 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1961 | 103 | #1,079 |
| 1960 | 139 | #885 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,107 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,321 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,920 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,722 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
Names like Elana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Mia, Jessica, Fatima, Elisa, Ava, Gabriella, Elena, Lara, Athena, Isabella, Sienna
Other spellings of Elana
Names related to Elana
Alana, Aleena, Elina, Elliana, Elaina, Aleyna, Elianna, Elaine
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elana, updated 20 October 2026.