How rare is the name Yelena?

11,377 people in the United States have the first name Yelena, about 1 in 26,548. It ranks #2,277 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YELENA

#2,277

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,377
About
1 in 26,548
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,377 people named Yelena, 89.2% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yelena peaked in 2022, when 145 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
145
In 2025*
112 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,626 babies have been given the name since 1961. 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.

Yelena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #4,054. The largest share of babies named Yelena, 48.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,71613
1970s#18,25816
1980s#14,24053
1990s#9,830151
2000s#5,503480
2010s#6,342422
2020s#4,054491
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–1240.2%
2013 and later48.5%

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.

Either side of Yelena

#2,275 Janessa · 11,381#2,276 Dayton · 11,380#2,278 Blanche · 11,370#2,279 Khalid · 11,363

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yelena, most common first.

#31,690 Yelina · 269

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