Girls' name · since 1999
Ele
Ele has 10 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #55,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Ele since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ele has 10 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2018.
- #55,157 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1999
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ele ranks #55,157 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1999, peaking in the 1990s.
- #55,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ele's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ele splits its recorded history at 2018: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births).
Ele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2018
- Peak year (1999)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Ele by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Ele's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ele's data
- Ele's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1999–2018 (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 Ele 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.