Recorded 1954–2017 Girls' name Peak 1980 526 births

Elecia — girls' name

526 babies named Elecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s251960s791970s871980s1241990s1072000s942010s10
1980s
Peak decade

24% of everyone ever named Elecia was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

20 babies were named Elecia in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Elecia

The Social Security Administration has registered 526 babies named Elecia between 1954 and 2017, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elecia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Elecia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elecia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elecia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 526 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Elecia at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

526

Since 1954

64 years of records

Peak year

1980

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1954

Recorded for 64 years

Last year on file: 2017

Elecia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1954

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1980)
20
Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
0510152025 201720031996198919821975196719591954 5

Elecia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
124 births that decade — 24% of Elecia's all-time total
1950s251960s791970s871980s1241990s1072000s942010s10

Elecia by state

Where Elecia concentrates geographically — total births since 1954

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Elecia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 1.0%
Texas share of Elecia's total US births 1.0%

5 of 526 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Elecia?
526 babies have been named Elecia since 1954. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1980 with 20 births.
When was Elecia most popular?
Elecia was most popular in the 1980s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Elecia most popular?
The top states for the name Elecia are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Elecia been used?
Elecia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1954, spanning 64 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Elecia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Eleanor, Elena, Eleanore, Eleanora, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.