Elida
Elida was given to 34 girls in 2025, #4,203 among girls’ names; 7,776 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,140 Americans named Elida and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 30 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elida by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elida mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elida is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elida?
#4,203 among girls’ names, 2025
Elida fell from #4,167 in 2015 to #4,203 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 19.6 to 21.2 per million.
141 babies in 1946, the peak
Elida peaked in 1946, when 141 girls were given it, #672 among girls’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,203 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,052 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,786 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,137 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,432 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,460 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,565 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,379 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,648 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,872 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | #4,167 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,669 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,592 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,659 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,562 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,905 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,817 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,441 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,547 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,191 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,221 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,138 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,307 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,861 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,465 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,822 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,578 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,538 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,266 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 74 | #1,933 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 63 | #2,128 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,435 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,068 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,193 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,134 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,909 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,119 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,219 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,337 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,893 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,979 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,027 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,676 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,685 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,562 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,589 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,906 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,018 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,685 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,574 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,463 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 72 | #1,420 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,463 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,751 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 68 | #1,493 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 72 | #1,439 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 63 | #1,484 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 57 | #1,508 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 68 | #1,326 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 63 | #1,392 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 69 | #1,351 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 77 | #1,254 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 72 | #1,306 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 81 | #1,224 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 80 | #1,221 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 92 | #1,115 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 92 | #1,095 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 112 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 106 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 93 | #1,043 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 95 | #1,003 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 115 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 96 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 124 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 117 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 107 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 130 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 119 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 141 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 112 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 115 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 128 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 109 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 104 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 84 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 93 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 104 | #674 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 98 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 98 | #667 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 110 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 89 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 88 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 92 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 95 | #686 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 95 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 105 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 84 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 73 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 79 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 71 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 59 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,226 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,420 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,668 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,205 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,482 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,186 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,358 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,505 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,426 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,032 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,455 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,292 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,482 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,489 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,382 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,779 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 10 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,154 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Elida a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elida has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 135 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Elida: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elida, and how old are they?
5,140 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 7,776 Americans ever recorded as Elida. The median Elida alive today is 52 years old; half are between 30 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 11,577 people named Elida (11,547 women and girls, 30 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,468 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 555 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,460 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 919 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 951 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 780 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 464 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elida born?
The states with the most babies named Elida are Texas, California and Illinois, with 99% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,913 | #2,084 | 9.3× |
| California | 769 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 63 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 30 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 24 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Arizona | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Elida is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elida is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 9.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elida with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 20,223 babies since 1880, Elida is the second most given (38% of them). In 2025 it was given to 34 of their 145 babies (23%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elida
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elida and names like it
- Compare Elida and EldaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sElida peaked in 1946.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elida since 1910.
- The top names of 1946The year the most babies were named Elida.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elida alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.