Girls' name · since 1986
Elasha
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 62 babies named Elasha, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
62 girls have been named Elasha since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Elasha has 62 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2009.
- #32,462 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elasha ranks #32,462 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #32,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Elasha's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elasha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elasha splits its recorded history at 1999: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2009
- Peak year (2002)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Elasha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (26 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Elasha's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Elasha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elasha: 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, 1986–2009 (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 Elasha 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.