Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elana

#1,758 most common girls' name of all time · #3,019 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1934–2025

Rank among girls
#1,758
Rank overall
#3,019 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
8,909
Since 2016
1,181
Peak year
2006 #1,130
Best rank
#891 1960
Girls Boys peak 219/yr
19401960198020002020

Elana first appears in 1934. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 97 97 #1,984
2024 107 107 #1,876
2023 96 96 #2,039
2022 114 114 #1,800
2021 123 123 #1,690
2020 108 108 #1,822
2019 123 123 #1,703
2018 135 135 #1,591
2017 129 129 #1,671
2016 149 149 #1,517
2015 147 147 #1,528
2014 172 172 #1,357
2013 136 136 #1,579
2012 181 181 #1,302
2011 135 135 #1,605
2010 164 164 #1,400
2009 134 134 #1,664
2008 163 163 #1,448
2007 183 183 #1,326
2006 219 219 #1,130
2005 179 179 #1,259
2004 214 214 #1,077
2003 186 186 #1,163
2002 151 151 #1,300
2001 172 172 #1,188
2000 161 161 #1,234
1999 165 165 #1,177
1998 153 153 #1,205
1997 133 133 #1,307
1996 159 159 #1,143
1995 168 168 #1,066
1994 149 149 #1,188
1993 155 155 #1,145
1992 146 146 #1,197
1991 131 131 #1,280
1990 135 135 #1,233
1989 136 136 #1,197
1988 148 148 #1,070
1987 123 123 #1,184
1986 142 142 #1,060
1985 149 149 #1,016
1984 130 130 #1,077
1983 137 137 #1,026
1982 126 126 #1,120
1981 118 118 #1,149
1980 123 123 #1,114
1979 116 116 #1,148
1978 119 119 #1,099
1977 105 105 #1,177
1976 87 87 #1,277
1975 103 103 #1,133
1974 110 110 #1,074
1973 70 70 #1,410
1972 84 84 #1,245
1971 81 81 #1,330
1970 78 78 #1,350
1969 92 92 #1,167
1968 57 57 #1,513
1967 85 85 #1,152
1966 117 117 #943
1965 60 60 #1,432
1964 79 79 #1,242
1963 69 69 #1,336
1962 78 78 #1,254
1961 103 103 #1,081
1960 139 139 #891
1959 29 29 #2,141
1958 24 24 #2,358
1957 27 27 #2,156
1956 11 11 #3,825
1955 26 26 #2,146
1954 18 18 #2,665
1953 15 15 #2,890
1952 11 11 #3,490
1951 26 26 #1,955
1950 17 17 #2,515
1949 21 21 #2,196
1948 20 20 #2,244
1947 20 20 #2,271
1946 27 27 #1,766
1945 20 20 #1,933
1944 16 16 #2,276
1943 12 12 #2,841
1942 17 17 #2,202
1941 10 10 #3,016
1934 6 6 #4,253