Girls' name · since 1893
Elcie
345 babies named Elcie in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,003 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Elcie currently ranks #15003 among girls' names in America, with 345 babies recorded since 1893.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elcie has been recorded 345 times among girls since 1893, currently ranked #15003 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2025.
- #14,747 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,003 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 345 born since 1893
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elcie ranks #14,747 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,003 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 345 born since 1893, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,003 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Elcie's 345 recorded births place it above 79.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elcie compares
345 48th 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
Elcie's all-time total is 8% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elcie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 345 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elcie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elcie's SSA record in two at 1931 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1893, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elcie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
Elcie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (101 births, 29% of the file).
1920s was Elcie's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Elcie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
63 births
- 1920s
1920s
101 births
- 1930s
1930s
69 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 101 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elcie's data
- Elcie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 25 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 Elcie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~132 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, 1893–2025 (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 Elcie 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.