Girls' name · since 1995

Eliani

687 babies named Eliani in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#9,626 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,567 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
687
born since 1995
2020s
peak decade

687 babies have been named Eliani since 1995, making it today's #1567 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Eliani recorded 687 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #1567 nationally today, ahead of 91% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.

  • #9,626 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,567 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 687 born since 1995
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eliani ranks #9,626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,567 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 687 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.

#9,626 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,567 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
687
born since 1995
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%90.9%
Eliani vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Eliani's 687 recorded births place it above 86.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

9 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Eliani compares

687 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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

Eliani's all-time total is 83% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Eliani Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 687 376 567,345
Peak-year births 135 21 19,840

Eliani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Eliani's full recorded timeline at 2014, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 135 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Eliani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
135
Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
050100150 199520062009201220152018202120242025 135

Eliani by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (416 births, 61% of the file).

2020s was Eliani's strongest decade.

416 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.

Eliani births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 416 births (61% of all-time use).

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

How Eliani compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eliani's total volume

Eliani vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20%25% 102030405060 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -20, 13.1%-52, 7.7%-20, 9.8%-40, 6.3%-26, 9.8%-28, 5.8%-54, 4.9%-43, 4.2%-36, 15.3%-31, 12.1%-17, 13.4%-20, 10.8%-21, 13.2%-28, 10.3%-23, 7.4%Eliani-31, 19.7%Eliani
Eliani vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Eliani by state

Where Eliani concentrates geographically, total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Eliani
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
56 8.2%
#2 California
43 6.3%
#3 Florida
38 5.5%
#4 New Jersey
26 3.8%
#5 Illinois
14 2.0%
#6 New York
14 2.0%
#7 Pennsylvania
6 0.9%
#8 Tennessee
6 0.9%
Texas share of Eliani's total US births 8.2%
Even split

56 of 687 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Eliani appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eliani?
687 babies have been named Eliani since 1995. All-time, it sits at #9,626 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #1,567 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 135 births.
Where does Eliani sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eliani ranks #9,626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,567 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Eliani most popular?
Eliani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 416 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Eliani most popular?
The top states for the name Eliani are Texas (56 births), California (43 births), Florida (38 births).
How long has the name Eliani been used?
The SSA has tracked Eliani since 1995 -- 31 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Eliani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Elizabeth, Eliana, Elise, Eliza, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Eliani's data

  • Texas records the most Elianis (56 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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Nearby Names Like Eliani

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Eliani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1995–2025 (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 Eliani 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.