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How popular is the name Elen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elens are alive today.
Elen (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Ellen in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2000, when 41 babies were given the name, the 625th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2011, with 38 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2025 figure is roughly 22% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ellen you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Ellens born in England and Wales are between 31 and 68, and there are at least 39,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Ellen.
How many babies are named Elen each year?
Includes all spellings: Elen, Ellen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Elen spelling rank?
Where does the Ellen spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Elen most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ellen, peaked in 1904, when around 5,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Elen spelling itself peaked in 2000, with 41 babies.
How many people are called Elen?
At least 39,000 people named Elen in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elen?
Most living Elens are between 31 and 68; the most common age is about 30.
Is Elen becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.