Elky — #13932 US girls' name
207 babies named Elky in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Elky was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Elky in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elky
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Elky between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elky currently holds the #13932 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elky performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Elky shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elky in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elky 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 207 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.
Elky at a glance
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Current rank
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Elky popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #13932 among girls.
207 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Elky by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 69 births that decade — 33% of Elky's all-time total
Elky decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Elky's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Elky by state
Where Elky concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 115 | 55.6% |
115 of 207 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 55.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 55.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.