Elida — #5008 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elida

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,742 babies named Elida between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elida currently holds the #5008 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 141 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elida performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 1,149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,903 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Elida in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elida in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,742 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.