Eleda — girls' name
31 babies named Eleda in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Eleda was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Eleda in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eleda
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Eleda between 1916 and 1973, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eleda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eleda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eleda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eleda 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 31 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.
Eleda at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eleda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1916
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
31 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 6 births in a single year.
Eleda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 10 births that decade — 32% of Eleda's all-time total
Eleda decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Eleda's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–1973 (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.