Fun Facts About the Name Jelina
- 245 babies named Jelina: U.S. records list 245 babies given the name Jelina from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jelina Mean?
Jelina is a South Slavic feminine name usually understood to mean "light" or "torch." It is treated as a variant of Jelena, the South Slavic form of Helena. The Greek name Helene is of uncertain etymology; the connection with Greek helene ("torch") is not securely established, so "light" is a customary interpretation rather than a literal translation.
Jelina Name History & Origins
Jelina belongs to the family of names derived from Greek Helene, which passed into Latin as Helena and into South Slavic languages as Jelena. Jelena is the standard South Slavic form of Helena and has been used in Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia; Saint Helena, the mother of Constantine, is known in Serbian as Sveta Jelena, and the name was borne by the thirteenth-century Serbian queen Jelena of Anjou. Jelina is often described as a variant or diminutive of Jelena.
How Popular is the Name Jelina?
Jelina has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #7,851 in 2009.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,944 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #16,268 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #9,311 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #11,561 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #14,161 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #9,370 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #8,858 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #9,594 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #12,242 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #11,307 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #15,438 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,010 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #17,975 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #8,936 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #7,851 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #12,025 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #13,205 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #15,988 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #9,127 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #14,952 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #9,325 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #9,816 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #14,290 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #8,246 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #13,378 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #15,161 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #14,068 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #11,982 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #12,594 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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