Girls' name · since 2013
Elayla
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Elayla, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 2013.
Social Security Administration records show Elayla recorded 16 times among girls since 2013, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2024.
- #48,605 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elayla ranks #48,605 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #48,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elayla's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elayla's full recorded timeline at 2022, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Elayla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Elayla's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Elayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2013–2024 (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 Elayla 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.