How rare is the name Eleni?

7,699 people in the United States have the first name Eleni, about 1 in 39,230. It ranks #2,936 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELENI

#2,936

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,699
About
1 in 39,230
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,699 people named Eleni, 80.1% reported their origin as White, 10.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Eleni peaked in 2024, when 255 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
255
In 2025*
240 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,822 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Eleni by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,224. The largest share of babies named Eleni, 32.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#9,04222
1950s#5,832100
1960s#3,959239
1970s#3,094469
1980s#2,580762
1990s#2,2831,275
2000s#2,7431,319
2010s#2,7861,420
2020s#2,2241,216
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–809.7%
Millennials 1981–9624.3%
Generation Z 1997–1229.9%
2013 and later32.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Eleni is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eleni has been most common in New York (3×), Massachusetts (2.7×), and Illinois (2.2×), and least common in Indiana (0.34×).

4,479 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Eleni

#2,934 Blaise · 7,702#2,934 Truman · 7,702#2,937 Caylee · 7,698#2,938 Jeanna · 7,696

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Eleni, most common first.

#491 Elena · 114,540#10,174 Elen · 1,324#11,975 Elene · 1,054#12,037 Elani · 1,047#13,803 Eleno · 867#28,430 Eleny · 316#30,890 Elleni · 280#39,388 Elenie · 192

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