How Many People Are Named Elen?
people named Elen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,120,606 people in the US has this name
Based on 409 babies named Elen in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
17 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Welsh form of HELEN. This was the name of a 4th-century Welsh saint. It also appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, belonging to a woman who built the roads in Wales.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elen in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elen alive today is about 22 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elen first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 2022, to 17 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elen has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,022, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #11,204.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,204 |
| Best rank | #2,022 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11,501 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elen were born in California than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today.
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