Girls' name · since 1988
Elaysha
186 babies named Elaysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,273 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
186 babies have been named Elaysha since 1988, making it today's #11273 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Elaysha recorded 186 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #11273 nationally today, ahead of 35% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #20,547 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,273 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 186 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elaysha ranks #20,547 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,273 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 186 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,273 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Elaysha's 186 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elaysha compares
186 35th 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
Elaysha's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elaysha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 186 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elaysha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elaysha splits its recorded history at 2006: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elaysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Elaysha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Elaysha's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Elaysha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elaysha's data
- Elaysha's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elaysha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Elaysha 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.