Girls' name · since 2002
Elara
Elara has 1,790 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,790
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elara currently ranks #942 among girls' names in America, with 1,790 babies recorded since 2002.
Elara has 1,790 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #942 as of the latest data, more common than 95% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #5,081 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #942 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,790 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elara ranks #5,081 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #942 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,790 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,790
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elara's 1,790 recorded births place it above 92.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Elara compares
1,790 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Elara's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,790 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 275 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elara splits its recorded history at 2015: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 275 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 275
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Elara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,109 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Elara's strongest decade.
1,109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Elara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
633 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,109 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,109 births (62% of all-time use).
How Elara 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 Elara's total volume
Elara by state
Where Elara concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 204 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 141 | 7.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 103 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 98 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 60 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Washington | | 49 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 44 | 2.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 42 | 2.3% |
204 of 1,790 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Elara appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Elara's data
- California records the most Elaras (204 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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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, 2002–2025 (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 Elara 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.