Eleni is a distinctive choice, ranked #596 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Eleni in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#596
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About the Name Eleni
Eleni is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 72 places over five years. Its high point was #627 in 2001, and it now sits at #837. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Eleni is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Eleni in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Eleni
Eleni Louka — Eleni Louka is a Cypriot tennis player.
Eleni Sikelianos — Eleni Sikelianos is an American experimental poet with a particular interest in scientific idiom.
Eleni Markou — Eleni Markou is a Greek footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Greece national team.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Eleni
Unlikely. With around 65 UK babies named Eleni per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Eleni in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Eleni is at its highest recorded position — #596 in 2025, with 65 births. In 2020 it ranked #765.
Eleni is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Eleni include: Eleni Louka, Eleni Sikelianos and Eleni Markou. Short summaries for each appear below.
Eleni does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Elenis in the wild.
65
UK babies named Eleni (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 169 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Eleni
Almost certainly the only Eleni in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Eleni
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Eleni Papadaki was a celebrated Greek stage actress who was murdered during the Dekemvriana events, accused for political reasons by the communists, of having collaborated with the Nazi occupation forces and the collaborationist regime during the Axis occupation.