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Yelena

“Variant of Helen — To shine, burn, or glow (Proto-Indo-European root swel-)” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #1796 in the US (2025) · Trending

Yelena has appeared in US records since 1961 — best rank #1497 (2022) · 1,626 babies named Yelena all-time · 1 in 14,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 11,000 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yelenas

• Yelena Isinbayeva — Russian female Olympic pole-vaulter
• Yelena Bonner — human rights activist in the former Soviet Union; wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov
• Yelena Serova — Russian cosmonaut
• Yelena Slesarenko — athletics competitor
• Yelena Kondakova — Russian cosmonaut

In stories & tradition

• Yelena Belova — Marvel's Avengers Assemble
• Yelena Andreevna Serebryakova — Uncle Vanya

What Yelenas become

Among 612 notable people named Yelena:

Athletes appear 1.88× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yelena Slesarenko, athletics competitor.

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