Elena
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of modern usage. From Italian and Spanish Elena.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elena (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elena has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 13 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 21 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 19 |
| 2008 | 18 |
| 2009 | 22 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2013 | 34 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 47 |
| 2016 | 39 |
| 2017 | 49 |
| 2018 | 68 |
| 2019 | 47 |
| 2020 | 61 |
| 2021 | 48 |
| 2022 | 57 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,373 |
| 2000 | 1,432 |
| 2001 | 1,501 |
| 2002 | 1,545 |
| 2003 | 1,624 |
| 2004 | 1,702 |
| 2005 | 1,790 |
| 2006 | 1,877 |
| 2007 | 1,992 |
| 2008 | 2,116 |
| 2009 | 2,230 |
| 2010 | 2,352 |
| 2011 | 2,468 |
| 2012 | 2,573 |
| 2013 | 2,661 |
| 2014 | 2,763 |
| 2015 | 2,867 |
| 2016 | 2,991 |
| 2017 | 3,150 |
| 2018 | 3,306 |
| 2019 | 3,405 |
| 2020 | 3,508 |
Elena in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elena.Hi! My name is Elena.
- Har du träffat Elena? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Elena? She started working here on Monday.
- Elena har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Elena has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Elenas mamma är lärare.Elena's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elenas mamma is Elena's mum.
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Questions about Elena
How do you pronounce Elena in Swedish?
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What does the name Elena mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of modern usage. From Italian and Spanish Elena.
How popular is Elena in Sweden?
57 babies were named Elena in 2022. In 2020, 3,508 people in Sweden had Elena as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.