Girls' name · since 1943
Elka
725 babies named Elka in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,553 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 725
- born since 1943
- 2010s
- peak decade
725 babies have been named Elka since 1943, making it today's #9553 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Elka recorded 725 times among girls since 1943, holding rank #9553 nationally today, ahead of 45% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #9,311 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,553 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 725 born since 1943
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elka ranks #9,311 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,553 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 725 born since 1943, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,553 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 725
- born since 1943
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elka's 725 recorded births place it above 87.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Elka compares
725 Top 38% higher than 62% of 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
Elka's all-time total is 93% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 725 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elka's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1943, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Elka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (161 births, 22% of the file).
2010s was Elka's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Elka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s
1960s
74 births
- 1970s
1970s
121 births
- 1980s 60
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
161 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 161 births (22% of all-time use).
How Elka compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Elka's total volume
Elka by state
Where Elka concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 186 | 25.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.4% |
186 of 725 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Elka's data
- Elka's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (161 total births) through the 2020s (89) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Elkas (186 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Elka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1943–2025 (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 Elka 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.