Olena
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Olena is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Olena mean?
Slavic
A female given name from Ukrainian, equivalent to English Helen.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Olena a girl's or a boy's name?
Olena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Olena, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Olena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Olena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Olena, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer girls named Olena than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Olena in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Olena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Olena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda, Eliza, Ada, Ophelia, Orla, Clara, Olive, Nora, Ottilie, Eva, Ella, Cora
Names related to Olena
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Olena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olena, updated 20 October 2026.