Eleny
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LEH-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Eleny is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Eleny mean?
Greek: spelling of Eleni; modern Greek form of Helen
The modern Greek form of Helen, after Helen of Troy and St Helena.
Meaning borrowed from Eleni. More on Wiktionary.
Is Eleny a girl's or a boy's name?
Eleny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eleny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Eleny, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Eleny in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 276 girls in the US were given Eleny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #873, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Eleny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Eleny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emery Everly Emberly Emely Kennedy Emerson Avery Ellery Elina Lainey Emmy Elliott
Other spellings of Eleny
Names related to Eleny
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Eleny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eleny, updated 20 October 2026.