Given name
Elana
“from the oak tree”
Elana is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the oak tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “from the oak tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,909
- 0 boys · 8,909 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 219 babies
- 2025
- 97
- #1,982 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 97 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,982 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 219 in 2006. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,659 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elana’s family of names
Elana has a related form in Elan. Elana has a related form in Elani. Elana has a related form in Elanna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Elanivariant
- Elanvariant
- Elanievariant
- Elanyvariant
- Elannavariant
- Ellanalikely variant
- Elanahvariant
- Elaneyvariant
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Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elana
- Elana Meyers TaylorAmerican bobsledderborn 1984
- Elana MeyerSouth African athletics competitor (born 1966)
- Elana EdenIsraeli actressborn 1940
- Lanna RodriguesBrazilian singer and songwriterborn 1981
- Elana HillZimbabwean rowerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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