Elika — #12428 US girls' name
414 babies named Elika in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Elika was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Elika in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elika
The Social Security Administration has registered 414 babies named Elika between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elika currently holds the #12428 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elika performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elika 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 414 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.
Elika at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2009)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #12428 among girls.
414 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 32 births in a single year.
Elika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 158 births that decade — 38% of Elika's all-time total
Elika decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 115 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Elika's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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 | 9.7% |
40 of 414 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.