Elight — boys' name
17 babies named Elight in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Elight was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Elight in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elight
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Elight between 1928 and 1941, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elight currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elight performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elight shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elight 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 17 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.
Elight at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elight popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1928
- Peak year (1928)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
17 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 6 births in a single year.
Elight by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 6 births that decade — 35% of Elight's all-time total
Elight decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elight's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–1941 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.