Yelena

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yelena: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yelena: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,152, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2152highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2152
1999	#3225
2003	#2436
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2015	#5730
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2152 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Yelena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yelena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	16	3 of 10	5
2010s	14	3 of 10	5
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yelena appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2152 in England and Wales in 1997.

Yelena's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,152, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Joscelyn · #2152, 17y
Ruchi · #2152, 16y
Sufia · #2152, 12y
Balthazar · #2150, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Branwen · #2152, 26y
Joscelyn · #2152, 17y
Ruchi · #2152, 16y
Sahira · #2152, 24y

Yelena and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yelena without appearing here.

Yelena moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3382 and #2438 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #5785.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #4838.
Martine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3382 and #2084 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #4764.

Moved ahead of Yelena

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3382 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2636.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.
Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3725 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Yelena

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Yelena

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yelena went from #3795 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2152 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yelena

Yelena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yelena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Yelena at a glance

Yelena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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