Girls' name · since 2001
Elienai
Elienai has 288 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 288
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
288 girls have been named Elienai since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Elienai has 288 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- #16,268 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 288 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elienai ranks #16,268 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 288 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 288
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elienai's 288 recorded births place it above 77.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Elienai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elienai splits its recorded history at 2013: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elienai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2015)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
288 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 41 births in a single year.
Elienai popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2016 (Elienai as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Elienai accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Elienai by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (207 births, 72% of the file).
2010s was Elienai's strongest decade.
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Elienai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
207 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 207 births (72% of all-time use).
Elienai decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Elienai by state
Where Elienai concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 11.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 24 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 2.1% |
34 of 288 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.8% of nationwide
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- Florida 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Elienai's data
- Elienai's decade-level peak was the 2010s (207 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Elienais (34 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 Elienai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2001–2023 (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 Elienai 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.
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