Girls' name · since 2009
Elaf
Elaf has 204 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,253 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elaf is the #4253 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 204 recorded since 2009.
Elaf has 204 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4253 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #19,594 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,253 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 204 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elaf ranks #19,594 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,253 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 204 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,253 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elaf's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elaf compares
204 37th 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
Elaf's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elaf | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 204 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elaf's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elaf's full recorded timeline at 2018, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elaf popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Elaf by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (118 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Elaf's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Elaf births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 118 births (58% of all-time use).
Elaf by state
Where Elaf concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 3.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 7 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6 | 2.9% |
7 of 204 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Elaf's data
- California records the most Elafs (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elaf: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2009–2025 (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 Elaf 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.