Girls' name · since 2019
Elahi
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 118 babies named Elahi, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
118 babies have been named Elahi since 2019, making it today's #4261 girls' name.
Elahi has 118 recorded births among girls since 2019, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4261 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 2019 to 2025.
- #25,292 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,261 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elahi ranks #25,292 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,261 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 118 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elahi's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elahi compares
118 28th 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
Elahi's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elahi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elahi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elahi's full recorded timeline at 2022, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2019, 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.
Elahi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Elahi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (113 births, 96% of the file).
2020s was Elahi's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 96% of all-time use.
Elahi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 113 births (96% of all-time use).
Elahi by state
Where Elahi concentrates geographically, total births since 2019
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 27.1% |
| #2 | Washington | | 5 | 4.2% |
32 of 118 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Elahis (32 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 Elahi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2019–2025 (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 Elahi 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.