Girls' name · since 2004
Elany
Elany has 330 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,245 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elany is the #4245 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 330 recorded since 2004.
Elany has 330 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4245 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 2004 to 2025.
- #15,125 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,245 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 330 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elany ranks #15,125 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,245 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 330 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,245 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elany's 330 recorded births place it above 79.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Elany compares
330 47th 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
Elany's all-time total is 12% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elany | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 330 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elany's full recorded timeline at 2015, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Elany by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (141 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Elany's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Elany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
132 births
- 2020s
2020s
141 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 141 births (43% of all-time use).
Elany by state
Where Elany concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 38 | 11.5% |
| #2 | California | | 16 | 4.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 12 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 1.5% |
38 of 330 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Elanys (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Elany: 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, 2004–2025 (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 Elany 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.