Girls' name · since 2009
Elinah
Elinah has 20 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,321 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elinah currently ranks #16321 among girls' names in America, with 20 babies recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elinah has been recorded 20 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #16321 nationally and more common than 6% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #45,933 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,321 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elinah ranks #45,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,321 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #45,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,321 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elinah's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elinah compares
20 8th percentile among 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
Elinah's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elinah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elinah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elinah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elinah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Elinah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (9 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Elinah's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Elinah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 9 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elinah's data
- Elinah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (9 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Elinah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Elinah 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.