Elita — #7990 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elita

The Social Security Administration has registered 551 babies named Elita between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elita currently holds the #7990 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Elita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elita 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 551 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.