Recorded 1961–2025 · United States
Yelena was most popular in 2022, when 145 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,768 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,277, with 112 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,626 people named Yelena.
Yelena first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1961, which makes it about 64 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 47 of the 65 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,626 American births named Yelena between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,609 are estimated to be alive today.
112 American babies were named Yelena in 2025, ranking #3,277 that year.
Yelena is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 92 births a year, against 43 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +117% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Yelena is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,626 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,609 Americans named Yelena are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 5 and 22.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org