Girls' name · since 1999

Eleri

Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 192 babies named Eleri, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#14278
among girls today
192
born since 1999
2000s
peak decade
19%
more common than other girls

Eleri currently ranks #14278 among girls' names in America, with 192 babies recorded since 1999.

Social Security Administration records show Eleri recorded 192 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #14278 nationally today, ahead of 19% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.

  • #14278 among girls today
  • 192 born since 1999
  • 2000s peak decade
  • 19% more common than other girls

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

Eleri is currently the #14278 girls' name in America, more common than 19% of girls - 192 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.

#14278
among girls today
192
born since 1999
2000s
peak decade
19%
more common than other girls

Eleri vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings

0%100%Median name50%19.4%
Eleri vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#14278
of 17,726 girls in use

More common than 19% of names given to girls today.

2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Eleri was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

20 babies were named Eleri in 2008 - its busiest year on record.

How Eleri compares

192 36th percentile among 17,726 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

Eleri's all-time total is 50% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Eleri Median girls name (Emerly) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 192 382 567,345
Peak-year births 20 48 19,840

Eleri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Eleri's full recorded timeline at 2010, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Eleri at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

192

Since 1999

26 years of records

Peak year

2008

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

#14,278

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1999

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2024

Eleri popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
20
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
0510152025 19992002200520082011201520182024 6

Eleri by decade

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

2000s was Eleri's strongest decade.

107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.

Eleri births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 107 births (56% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of June 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eleri?
192 babies have been named Eleri since 1999. It currently ranks #14278 among girls. The peak year was 2008 with 20 births.
When was Eleri most popular?
Eleri was most popular in the 2000s decade with 107 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Eleri been used?
Records for Eleri go back to 1999, giving 26 years of history through 2024.
What names are similar to Eleri?
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.

What to do with Eleri's data

  • Eleri's decade-level peak was the 2000s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of June 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, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Eleri: #14278 Girls' Name - 192 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/eleri. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Eleri 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 June 2026.