Elene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-LEH-neh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Elene is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Elene mean?
Greek: Georgian form of Helen
Elene is the Georgian form of Helen and the title of Cynewulf's Old English poem about Saint Helena.
Is Elene a girl's or a boy's name?
Elene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elene in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 girls.
Elene in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Elene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Elene, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the girls named Elene in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,741 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,672 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,285 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,543 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,622 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,228 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
Nicknames for Elene
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eloise, Beatrice, Evelyn, Elsie, Florence, Phoebe, Alice, Evangeline, Annabelle, Isabelle, Rose, Clementine
Names related to Elene
Elena, Ellen, Eleni, Eileen, Eleen, Elen, Eline, Eleana, Eleyna, Eleina
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Elene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elene, updated 20 October 2026.