Eleni Girl
How popular is Eleni?
#1,038 girl name in 2025
240 baby girls were named Eleni in the US in 2025, making it the 1038th most popular girl name.
Eleni popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,038 for girls (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 240 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,600 in 2015, #1,448 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (255 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,004 in 1993 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eleni counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eleni family of names ranked #829 for girls in 2025 (#789 the year before), with 282 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eleni | 240 | 85% |
| Eleny | 15 | 5% |
| Elenie | 10 | 4% |
| Ellenie | 6 | 2% |
| Elleni | 5 | 2% |
| Eleany | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eleni is most popular
Babies named Eleni per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Illinois: 0.3 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (88 girls)
Eleni by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 22 | #3,881 |
| 1950s | 100 | #2,726 |
| 1960s | 239 | #1,905 |
| 1970s | 469 | #1,633 |
| 1980s | 762 | #1,317 |
| 1990s | 1,275 | #1,004 |
| 2000s | 1,319 | #1,350 |
| 2010s | 1,420 | #1,377 |
| 2020s | 1,216 | #1,004 |
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Questions
- Is Eleni a boy or girl name?
- Eleni is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eleni were girls.
- How popular is the name Eleni?
- 240 baby girls were named Eleni in the US in 2025, making it the 1038th most popular girl name.
- When was Eleni most popular?
- Eleni peaked in 2024, when 255 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,004, held for 2 years starting in 1993.
- How many people are named Eleni?
- 6,822 babies have been named Eleni in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,685 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Eleni most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eleni was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.