Girls' name · since 2019
Elihana
28 babies named Elihana in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,701 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elihana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 2019.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elihana has been recorded 28 times among girls since 2019, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2022.
- #41,701 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elihana ranks #41,701 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #41,701 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elihana's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elihana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elihana's full recorded timeline at 2021, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elihana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2022
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Elihana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Elihana's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Elihana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (68% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elihana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~3 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, 2019–2022 (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 Elihana 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.