Elana is an uncommon variant of Elaine that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Elana is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,982 for girl births in the United States (and #3,608 across all names), given to 97 babies. Elana first appears in 1934 and peaked in 2006 (219 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | #1,982 |
| 2024 | 107 | 107 | #1,874 |
| 2023 | 96 | 96 | #2,035 |
| 2022 | 114 | 114 | #1,797 |
| 2021 | 123 | 123 | #1,685 |
| 2020 | 108 | 108 | #1,823 |
| 2019 | 123 | 123 | #1,703 |
| 2018 | 135 | 135 | #1,590 |
| 2017 | 129 | 129 | #1,667 |
| 2016 | 149 | 149 | #1,518 |
| 2015 | 147 | 147 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 172 | 172 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 136 | 136 | #1,582 |
| 2012 | 181 | 181 | #1,304 |
| 2011 | 135 | 135 | #1,605 |
| 2010 | 164 | 164 | #1,400 |
| 2009 | 134 | 134 | #1,663 |
| 2008 | 163 | 163 | #1,448 |
| 2007 | 183 | 183 | #1,326 |
| 2006 | 219 | 219 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 179 | 179 | #1,260 |
| 2004 | 214 | 214 | #1,076 |
| 2003 | 186 | 186 | #1,163 |
| 2002 | 151 | 151 | #1,300 |
| 2001 | 172 | 172 | #1,188 |
| 2000 | 161 | 161 | #1,232 |
| 1999 | 165 | 165 | #1,175 |
| 1998 | 153 | 153 | #1,207 |
| 1997 | 133 | — | #1,308 |
| 1996 | 159 | — | #1,143 |
| 1995 | 168 | — | #1,063 |
| 1994 | 149 | — | #1,186 |
| 1993 | 155 | — | #1,143 |
| 1992 | 146 | — | #1,197 |
| 1991 | 131 | — | #1,280 |
| 1990 | 135 | — | #1,233 |
| 1989 | 136 | — | #1,196 |
| 1988 | 148 | — | #1,068 |
| 1987 | 123 | — | #1,182 |
| 1986 | 142 | — | #1,062 |
| 1985 | 149 | — | #1,014 |
| 1984 | 130 | — | #1,076 |
| 1983 | 137 | — | #1,028 |
| 1982 | 126 | — | #1,121 |
| 1981 | 118 | — | #1,149 |
| 1980 | 123 | — | #1,113 |
| 1979 | 116 | — | #1,147 |
| 1978 | 119 | — | #1,099 |
| 1977 | 105 | — | #1,178 |
| 1976 | 87 | — | #1,274 |
| 1975 | 103 | — | #1,130 |
| 1974 | 110 | — | #1,073 |
| 1973 | 70 | — | #1,404 |
| 1972 | 84 | — | #1,242 |
| 1971 | 81 | — | #1,326 |
| 1970 | 78 | — | #1,345 |
| 1969 | 92 | — | #1,164 |
| 1968 | 57 | — | #1,507 |
| 1967 | 85 | — | #1,151 |
| 1966 | 117 | — | #940 |
| 1965 | 60 | — | #1,426 |
| 1964 | 79 | — | #1,241 |
| 1963 | 69 | — | #1,333 |
| 1962 | 78 | — | #1,250 |
| 1961 | 103 | — | #1,080 |
| 1960 | 139 | — | #886 |
| 1959 | 29 | — | #2,117 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | #2,343 |
| 1957 | 27 | — | #2,131 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #3,756 |
| 1955 | 26 | — | #2,125 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | #2,616 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,852 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #3,425 |
| 1951 | 26 | — | #1,933 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | #2,462 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #2,159 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #2,206 |
| 1947 | 20 | — | #2,217 |
| 1946 | 27 | — | #1,737 |
| 1945 | 20 | — | #1,896 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | #2,226 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | #2,741 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | #2,141 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,886 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,945 |