Girls' name · since 1895
Elease
Elease has 3,047 recorded births since 1895 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,566 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 3,047
- born since 1895
- 1920s
- peak decade
Elease sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 3,047 recorded since 1895.
Elease has 3,047 recorded births among girls since 1895, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1895 to 2021.
- #3,566 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 3,047 born since 1895
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elease ranks #3,566 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 3,047 born since 1895, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,566 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 3,047
- born since 1895
- 1920s
- peak decade
Elease's 3,047 recorded births place it above 95.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by South Carolina.
Elease's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elease's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 22% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 78%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1896, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 97, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elease popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2021
- Peak year (1923)
- 97
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Elease by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (805 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Elease's strongest decade.
805 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Elease births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 119
1900s
119 births
- 1910s
1910s
444 births
- 1920s
1920s
805 births
- 1930s
1930s
605 births
- 1940s
1940s
426 births
- 1950s 258
1950s
258 births
- 1960s 142
1960s
142 births
- 1970s 66
1970s
66 births
- 1980s 82
1980s
82 births
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 805 births (26% of all-time use).
How Elease compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Elease's total volume
Elease by state
Where Elease concentrates geographically, total births since 1895
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 1,064 | 34.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 396 | 13.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 93 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 69 | 2.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 44 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 44 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 30 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 12 | 0.4% |
1,064 of 3,047 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Elease appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Elease's data
- Elease's decade-level peak was the 1920s (805 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Eleases (1,064 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina 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 Elease: 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 (~126 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, 1895–2021 (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 Elease 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.