Yelena
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,796 for girls
Yelena is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,796th for girls in the US (112 babies).
What does Yelena mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Еле́на (Eléna), equivalent to Helen.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Yelena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 112 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yelena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yelena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Yelena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Yelena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,796th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 112 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 160% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 112 girls in the US were named Yelena, making it the 1,796th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 145 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Yelena in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yelena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,796 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,491 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 145 | #1,497 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,966 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 66 | #2,462 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
Names like Yelena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mila, Sienna, Aria, Alora, Arabella, Eliana, Francesca, Fatima, Amara, Elora, Isabella, Zara
Names related to Yelena
Elena, Ellena, Elen, Eleena, Eleyna, Elna, Eleina, Elenna, Ayelen
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, “Yelena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yelena, updated 20 October 2026.