Girls' name · since 2008
Elira
Elira has 190 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elira is the #4252 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 190 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elira has been recorded 190 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #4252 nationally and more common than 75% of girls, 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 2008 to 2025.
- #20,334 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,252 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elira ranks #20,334 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,252 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 190 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elira's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Elira compares
190 36th 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
Elira's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elira splits its recorded history at 2019: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Elira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (115 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Elira's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Elira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
115 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 115 births (61% of all-time use).
Elira by state
Where Elira concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.2% |
6 of 190 births nationwide.
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What to do with Elira's data
- New York records the most Eliras (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Elira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Elira 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.