Girls' name · since 1915
Elmeda
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 59 babies named Elmeda, peaking in 1924. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,030 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
59 girls have been named Elmeda since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Elmeda has 59 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1927.
- #33,030 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elmeda ranks #33,030 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #33,030 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Elmeda's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elmeda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elmeda splits its recorded history at 1920: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elmeda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1927
- Peak year (1924)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Elmeda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (34 births, 58% of the file).
1920s was Elmeda's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Elmeda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 34 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elmeda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1915–1927 (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 Elmeda 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.