Elitha — girls' name
22 babies named Elitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1911. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Elitha was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Elitha in 1911 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elitha
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Elitha between 1911 and 1978, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1911, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elitha performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Elitha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elitha 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 22 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.
Elitha at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1911
- Peak year (1911)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
22 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1911 with 6 births in a single year.
Elitha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 6 births that decade — 27% of Elitha's all-time total
Elitha decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Elitha's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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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, 1911–1978 (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.