Name meaning & stats
Elena
Elena means “torch, light (debated)” (Italian origin). 102,318 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“torch, light (debated)”
ItalianDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
102,318 US babies were named Elena between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Elena (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 34% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)