Girls' name · since 1993
Ehlana
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 57 babies named Ehlana, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ehlana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 57 recorded since 1993.
Ehlana has 57 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2020.
- #33,438 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 57 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ehlana ranks #33,438 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ehlana's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ehlana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ehlana's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ehlana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2020
- Peak year (1994)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Ehlana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (30 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Ehlana's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Ehlana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 30 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Ehlana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ehlana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ehlana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.