Elna
Elna was the 10337th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1917, when it ranked 504th with 173 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,897 places. More babies were named Elna in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,337 girls, down 2,235 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1917173 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,478babies recorded
Elna popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,337 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,102 | 13 |
| 2010 | #15,536 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #6,539 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,555 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,735 | 30 |
| 1940 | #960 | 56 |
| 1930 | #735 | 91 |
| 1920 | #579 | 154 |
| 1910 | #572 | 52 |
| 1900 | #505 | 45 |
| 1890 | #839 | 11 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Elna, counting every spelling?
Elna has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Elna?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Elna (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Elna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Elna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Elna?
About 800 people born in the US named Elna are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 65 and 85. That makes Elna a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Elna
How popular is the name Elna?
Elna was the 10337th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1917, when it ranked 504th with 173 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,897 places. More babies were named Elna in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Elna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Elna in the US.