Jelena
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Jelena is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Jelena mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Еле́на (Jeléna), equivalent to Helen.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Jelena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jelena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Jelena, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Jelena than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Jelena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jelena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Jelena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Jelena, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer girls named Jelena than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Jelena in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jelena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,176 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Names like Jelena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Francesca, Fatima, Mila, Sienna, Jasmine, Zara, Eliana, Athena, Aria, Isabella, Alina
Names related to Jelena
Jelani, Jaelene, Joelene, Jelina, Jaeleen, Joellen, Jaleena, Jaylena
More Slavic names
Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
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, “Jelena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jelena, updated 20 October 2026.