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Elen

Gender

Female

Origin

Welsh
Welsh forrn of Helen

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Elen

Pronunciation

e-len

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #6703, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20258
202411
202313
202217
20215
20207
201912
20189
20175
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #625, 41 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2787, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20259
20245
20239
20226
202113
20205
20199
201814
201711
201613

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1981 (rank #619, 37 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3930, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20235
202214
202112
202011
201913
20186
201714
20166
201514
201416

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #909, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence