Girls' name · since 1979
Elenie
Elenie has 153 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,643 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
153 babies have been named Elenie since 1979, making it today's #9643 girls' name.
Elenie has 153 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9643 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #22,561 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,643 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 153 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elenie ranks #22,561 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,643 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 153 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,643 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elenie's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Elenie compares
153 32nd percentile among 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
Elenie's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elenie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 153 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elenie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elenie's full recorded timeline at 2013, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elenie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Elenie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Elenie's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Elenie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (36% of all-time use).
Elenie by state
Where Elenie concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 153 births nationwide.
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What to do with Elenie's data
- Elenie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Elenies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elenie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Elenie 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.