Girls' name · since 1959
Elanie
Elanie has 755 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,087 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 755
- born since 1959
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elanie currently ranks #3037 among girls' names in America, with 755 babies recorded since 1959.
Elanie has 755 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3037 as of the latest data, more common than 82% 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 1959 to 2025.
- #9,087 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,037 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 755 born since 1959
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elanie ranks #9,087 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,037 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 755 born since 1959, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,087 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 755
- born since 1959
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elanie's 755 recorded births place it above 87.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elanie compares
755 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Elanie's all-time total is 101% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elanie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 755 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elanie's full recorded timeline at 2006, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 54 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Elanie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (269 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Elanie's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Elanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
132 births
- 2010s
2010s
269 births
- 2020s
2020s
253 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 269 births (36% of all-time use).
How Elanie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Elanie's total volume
Elanie by state
Where Elanie concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 122 | 16.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 101 | 13.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 15 | 2.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 12 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 10 | 1.3% |
122 of 755 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Elanie's data
- Elanie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (269 total births) through the 2020s (253) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Elanies (122 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 Elanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Elanie 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.