Elna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Elna is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Elna mean?
Greek: Scandinavian short form of Helena
A Scandinavian short form of Helena, the name of the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine.
Is Elna a girl's or a boy's name?
Elna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Elna, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Elna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Elna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Elna, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 173 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Elna in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1936, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,908 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,563 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,396 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,531 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,271 |
| 1943 | 51 | #1,123 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,101 |
| 1941 | 67 | #894 |
| 1940 | 56 | #957 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,009 |
| 1938 | 79 | #792 |
| 1937 | 70 | #819 |
| 1936 | 66 | #827 |
| 1935 | 70 | #813 |
| 1934 | 67 | #831 |
| 1933 | 73 | #769 |
| 1932 | 85 | #731 |
| 1931 | 93 | #690 |
| 1930 | 91 | #734 |
| 1929 | 105 | #683 |
| 1928 | 99 | #710 |
| 1927 | 91 | #757 |
| 1926 | 116 | #673 |
| 1925 | 121 | #673 |
| 1924 | 105 | #723 |
| 1923 | 113 | #690 |
| 1922 | 143 | #603 |
| 1921 | 120 | #675 |
| 1920 | 154 | #578 |
| 1919 | 139 | #597 |
| 1918 | 162 | #556 |
| 1917 | 173 | #502 |
| 1916 | 161 | #515 |
| 1915 | 136 | #547 |
| 1914 | 107 | #540 |
| 1913 | 88 | #541 |
| 1912 | 66 | #603 |
| 1911 | 55 | #580 |
| 1910 | 52 | #570 |
| 1909 | 49 | #541 |
| 1908 | 30 | #709 |
| 1907 | 38 | #601 |
| 1906 | 39 | #562 |
| 1905 | 19 | #848 |
| 1904 | 37 | #545 |
| 1903 | 29 | #607 |
| 1902 | 13 | #972 |
| 1901 | 14 | #881 |
| 1900 | 45 | #504 |
| 1899 | 28 | #578 |
| 1898 | 22 | #697 |
| 1897 | 18 | #735 |
| 1896 | 13 | #903 |
| 1895 | 18 | #746 |
| 1894 | 26 | #568 |
| 1893 | 12 | #865 |
| 1892 | 13 | #830 |
| 1891 | 10 | #893 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Names like Elna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Elna
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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, “Elna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elna, updated 20 October 2026.