Feminine dossier · first seen 1934

Elana

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elana
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

219

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1934Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

51.6%

2024

106

All-time

8,809

Elana has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 219 girls were named Elana.

In 2024, only 106 girls were given the name.

Down 51.6% from its peak.

All told, about 8,809 Americans have been named Elana and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1934.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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