girls:
8.7k births since 1934
#1748 (69th percentile)
overall:
8.7k births since 1934
#2902 (63rd percentile)
The name Elana is the #2,902 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,702 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 62.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,748 (69.4% percentile) for all time with 8,702 births since 1934.
Elana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (first recorded for girls in 1934). Birth data for Elana is available in 84 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Elana reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 22.3% percentile (ranked #728) with 106 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 106 births per million (ranked 22.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Elana ranks #857 for girls (9.5% percentile) with 54 births per million, which is 51.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elana".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Elana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.1% confident that Elana is pronounced as eh-LAH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-LAY-nuh, at 14.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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