Girls' name · since 1961
Eleshia
160 babies named Eleshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,117 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Eleshia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 160 recorded since 1961.
Social Security Administration records show Eleshia recorded 160 times among girls since 1961, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1997.
- #22,117 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleshia ranks #22,117 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,117 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Eleshia's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eleshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eleshia's full recorded timeline at 1981, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eleshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1997
- Peak year (1978)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Eleshia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (72 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Eleshia's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Eleshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 72 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Eleshia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eleshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1961–1997 (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 Eleshia 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.