Girls' name · since 1999
Eilidh
Eilidh has 275 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,634 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
275 babies have been named Eilidh since 1999, making it today's #8634 girls' name.
Eilidh has 275 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8634 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #16,664 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,634 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 275 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eilidh ranks #16,664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,634 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 275 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,634 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eilidh's 275 recorded births place it above 76.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Eilidh compares
275 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eilidh's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eilidh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 275 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eilidh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eilidh splits its recorded history at 2013: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eilidh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Eilidh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (108 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Eilidh's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Eilidh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 108 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Eilidh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (108 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eilidh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Eilidh 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.