Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Eleni

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
Light

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Eleni

Pronunciation

e-le-ni

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #1003, 255 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1038, 240 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025240
2024255
2023214
2022187
2021170
2020149
2019163
2018118
2017139
2016162

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 2025 (rank #596, 65 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202565
202444
202351
202238
202148
202048
201956
201848
201748
201636

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 2014 (rank #2721, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3528, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20236
20225
20219
20206
20199
20187
20174
2016–
20154
201410

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 2018 (rank #872, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
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

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #570, 5 births); most recent 2024 (rank #790, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
20175
2016–

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

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #537, 6 births); most recent 2020 (rank #634, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence