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.

Jelena

#5,109 most common girls' name of all time · #8,653 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among girls
#5,109
Rank overall
#8,653 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
1,633
Since 2016
418
Peak year
2017 #2,578
Best rank
#2,578 2017
Girls Boys peak 68/yr
1960198020002020

Jelena first appears in 1959. 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 26 — 26 #5,015
2024 32 — 32 #4,410
2023 39 — 39 #3,860
2022 37 — 37 #3,985
2021 29 — 29 #4,636
2020 38 — 38 #3,803
2019 39 — 39 #3,803
2018 52 — 52 #3,128
2017 68 — 68 #2,578
2016 58 — 58 #2,911
2015 49 — 49 #3,321
2014 58 — 58 #2,935
2013 47 — 47 #3,383
2012 51 — 51 #3,232
2011 58 — 58 #2,961
2010 57 — 57 #2,988
2009 46 — 46 #3,528
2008 57 — 57 #3,025
2007 51 — 51 #3,301
2006 49 — 49 #3,335
2005 44 — 44 #3,424
2004 48 — 48 #3,199
2003 45 — 45 #3,254
2002 40 — 40 #3,420
2001 21 — 21 #5,420
2000 31 — 31 #4,015
1999 29 — 29 #4,012
1998 29 — 29 #3,952
1997 19 — 19 #5,295
1996 24 — 24 #4,370
1995 24 — 24 #4,276
1994 16 — 16 #5,816
1993 23 — 23 #4,447
1992 20 — 20 #4,928
1991 14 — 14 #6,359
1990 18 — 18 #5,149
1989 10 — 10 #7,662
1988 14 — 14 #5,725
1987 13 — 13 #5,762
1986 12 — 12 #5,915
1985 6 — 6 #9,756
1983 11 — 11 #5,999
1982 14 — 14 #5,088
1981 21 — 21 #3,812
1980 13 — 13 #5,391
1979 15 — 15 #4,740
1978 10 — 10 #6,199
1977 17 — 17 #4,164
1976 10 — 10 #5,847
1975 7 — 7 #7,577
1974 9 — 9 #6,036
1973 11 — 11 #5,090
1972 6 — 6 #7,807
1971 7 — 7 #7,059
1970 10 — 10 #5,306
1969 5 — 5 #8,120
1968 5 — 5 #7,728
1965 6 — 6 #6,360
1964 5 — 5 #7,502
1962 5 — 5 #7,357
1959 5 — 5 #7,110