Girls' name · since 2012
Elinam
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Elinam, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,890 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,434 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elinam is the #16434 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13 recorded since 2012.
Elinam has 13 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16434 as of the latest data, more common than 5% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #50,890 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,434 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elinam ranks #50,890 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,434 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #50,890 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,434 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elinam's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elinam compares
13 5th 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
Elinam's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elinam | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elinam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elinam splits its recorded history at 2025: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elinam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Elinam by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Elinam's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Elinam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Elinam's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (8 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Elinam: 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 (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Elinam 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.