Baby name

Yelena

Girl

Origin of the name

Yelena is the Russian form of Helen.

Rising name

Yelena peaked in 2022, when 1 baby in 23,350 was given the name. The rise continues, up 125% on the previous ten years. In 2025, it ranked No. 1796. 30% of all babies named Yelena since 1880 were born in the 2020s.

1,626births since 1880

2020sgeneration

No. 1497rank at its peak, in 2022

Where babies named Yelena are born

2022

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The darker the blue, the more common Yelena is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Yelena is most common in California (3.4 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Elena 108,013
Selena 59,887
Helena 40,412
Celena 4,789
Delena 2,173
Jelena 1,633

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