Girls' name · since 1976
Elika
Elika has 419 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 419
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
419 babies have been named Elika since 1976, making it today's #15367 girls' name.
Elika has 419 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15367 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, 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 1976 to 2025.
- #13,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,367 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 419 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elika ranks #13,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,367 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 419 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 419
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elika's 419 recorded births place it above 81.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elika compares
419 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elika's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 419 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elika splits its recorded history at 2004: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Elika by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (158 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Elika's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Elika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s 54
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
158 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 158 births (38% of all-time use).
Elika by state
Where Elika concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 9.5% |
40 of 419 births nationwide.
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What to do with Elika's data
- Elika's decade-level peak was the 2010s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 43 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Elikas (40 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 Elika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Elika 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.