How Many People Are Named Eleni?
people named Eleni are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 51,265 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,822 babies named Eleni in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
255 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Modern Greek form of HELEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Eleni in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eleni alive today is about 23 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eleni first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 2024, to 255 babies. In 2025, 240 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eleni has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,006, in 1993 and 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,038.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,038 |
| Best rank | #1,006 (1993 and 2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,559 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eleni alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eleni were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,008 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eleni was given 3.5 times as often in New York, 3.4 times in Massachusetts and 2.5 times in Illinois.
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