Elara — #1158 US girls' name
1,514 babies named Elara in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Elara was born in this single decade.
208 babies were named Elara in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elara
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,514 babies named Elara between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elara currently holds the #1158 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 208 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elara performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 833 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Elara in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elara 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 1,514 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.
Elara at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Elara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2024)
- 208
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #1158 among girls.
1,514 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 208 births in a single year.
Elara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 833 births that decade — 55% of Elara's all-time total
Elara decade highlights
- Peak decade 833 births
- Runner-up 633 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Elara's strongest decade
833 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Elara by state
Where Elara concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 169 | 11.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 115 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 87 | 5.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 83 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 51 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Washington | | 42 | 2.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 36 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 33 | 2.2% |
169 of 1,514 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.2% of nationwide
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.7% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Elara appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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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, 2002–2024 (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.