Unisex name · since 2017
Eleven
Eleven has 76 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,959 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Eleven is the #12959 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 76 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleven has been recorded 76 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #12959 nationally and more common than 25% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #30,170 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,959 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleven ranks #30,170 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,959 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 76 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,959 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eleven's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Eleven compares
76 21st 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
Eleven's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eleven | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eleven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eleven's full recorded timeline at 2021, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eleven popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Eleven popularity over time - boys
36 total births recorded since 2019 (Eleven as boys' name)
Eleven by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Eleven's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Eleven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eleven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Eleven 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.