Elahi — #5280 US girls' name
84 babies named Elahi in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to girls today.
94% of everyone ever named Elahi was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Elahi in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elahi
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Elahi between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elahi currently holds the #5280 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elahi performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elahi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elahi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elahi 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 84 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.
Elahi at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Elahi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #5280 among girls.
84 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 25 births in a single year.
Elahi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 79 births that decade — 94% of Elahi's all-time total
Elahi decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Elahi's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 94% 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 | | 21 | 25.0% |
21 of 84 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 25.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 25.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2019–2024 (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.