Baby name meaning

Eliana

God has answered · Hebrew origin

Meaning & origin

Eliana is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has answered”.

How popular is Eliana?

In England & Wales, Eliana ranked #116 among girls' names in 2024, with 416 babies given the name — up from #268 in 2014. That is its best showing in the England & Wales series, which begins in 1996.

In the United States, Eliana was the #53 girls' name in the 2020 data — its best showing in the US series, which samples one year per decade from 1880. It first charted in the US series in 1970.

Eliana — popularity rank over timePopularity rank of the girls' name Eliana over time, lower rank number = more popular. England and Wales annual rank 1996 to 2024. United States rank sampled one year per decade, 1970 to 2020.#1#10#100#1,000#10,000197019801990200020102024US 1970: #5,512US 1980: #2,357US 1990: #1,165US 2000: #537US 2010: #168US 2020: #53England & Wales 2024: #116United StatesEngland & Wales
Eliana’s popularity rank over time — England & Wales annual rank (solid) and United States rank sampled once per decade (dashed), #1 at the top. Log scale: each gridline is 10× the rank above it.
Eliana in England & Wales: rank and births in sampled years, plus its peak year. Source: ONS ‘Baby names in England and Wales’.
YearE&W rankBirths
1996#1,55011
2000#1,10118
2005#67346
2010#414106
2015#250198
2020#202245
2024#116416

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Hebrew for 'God has answered', melodic, hopeful and steadily on the rise.

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