Elaf — #5391 US girls' name
170 babies named Elaf in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Elaf was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Elaf in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elaf
The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Elaf between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elaf currently holds the #5391 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elaf performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elaf shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elaf in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elaf in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 170 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Elaf at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elaf popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #5391 among girls.
170 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 24 births in a single year.
Elaf by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 84 births that decade — 49% of Elaf's all-time total
Elaf decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Elaf's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Elaf by state
Where Elaf concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 4.1% |
7 of 170 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.