How Many People Are Named Elana?
people named Elana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,007 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,909 babies named Elana in Social Security records from 1934 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
219 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elana in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elana alive today is about 31 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elana first appears in the records in 1934 and was given most often in 2006, to 219 babies. In 2025, 97 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1934 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elana has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #886, in 1960. In 2025 it ranked #1,982.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,982 |
| Best rank | #886 (1960) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,267 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elana were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,247 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elana was given 3.4 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in New Jersey and 1.8 times in Massachusetts.
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