Is Yelena a boy or girl name?

Yelena is a girl’s name. Of the 1,626 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Yelena

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 over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yelena’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yelena a boy’s or a girl’s name?

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.

Names that peaked alongside Yelena

Where Yelena is most concentrated

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