Girls' name · since 1983
Elea
390 babies named Elea in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,720 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,921 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 390
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
390 babies have been named Elea since 1983, making it today's #4921 girls' name.
Elea has 390 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4921 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #13,720 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,921 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 390 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elea ranks #13,720 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,921 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 390 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,720 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,921 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 390
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elea's 390 recorded births place it above 81.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elea compares
390 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Elea's all-time total is 4% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 390 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elea's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 43, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Elea by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (174 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Elea's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Elea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s
2020s
174 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 174 births (45% of all-time use).
Elea by state
Where Elea concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 6.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 4.4% |
26 of 390 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Elea's data
- California records the most Eleas (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Elea 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.