Eliana has two roots: the Hebrew Eliana means "my God has answered", while the Latin Aeliana goes back to the Greek helios, "sun". The melodic sound with the fashionable -ana ending made it a rising star across Hispanic and Jewish families alike. Eliana stood at number 537 in 2000, entered the top 100 in 2016 and reached the top 10 for the first time in 2025.