Girls' name · since 1978
Elianna
13,497 babies named Elianna in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,497
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
13,497 babies have been named Elianna since 1978, making it today's #218 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Elianna recorded 13,497 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #218 nationally today, ahead of 99% 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 1978 to 2025.
- #1,384 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #218 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,497 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elianna ranks #1,384 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #218 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,497 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,497
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elianna's 13,497 recorded births place it above 98.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Elianna compares
13,497 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Elianna's all-time total is 36x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elianna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,497 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,404 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elianna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elianna's full recorded timeline at 2005, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,404 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elianna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,404
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Elianna by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6,304 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Elianna's strongest decade.
6,304 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Elianna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 69
1980s
69 births
- 1990s 339
1990s
339 births
- 2000s 1,920
2000s
1,920 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,860 births
- 2020s
2020s
6,304 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6,304 births (47% of all-time use).
How Elianna 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 Elianna's total volume
Elianna by state
Where Elianna concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,480 | 18.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,041 | 15.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 844 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 699 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 480 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 478 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 442 | 3.3% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 409 | 3.0% |
2,480 of 13,497 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Elianna appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Eliannas (2,480 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Elianna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Elianna 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.