Recorded 1893–2020 Girls' name Peak 1927 1,804 births

Elodia — girls' name

1,804 babies named Elodia in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1940s
Peak decade

17% of everyone ever named Elodia was born in this single decade.

1927
Single peak year

48 babies were named Elodia in 1927 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Elodia

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,804 babies named Elodia between 1893 and 2020, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elodia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elodia performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 311 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Elodia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 939 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Elodia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elodia 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 1,804 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.

Elodia at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

1,804

Since 1893

128 years of records

Peak year

1927

48 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1893

Recorded for 128 years

Last year on file: 2020

Elodia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1893

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1927)
48
Annual births at peak — across 128 years of records
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Elodia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
311 births that decade — 17% of Elodia's all-time total
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Elodia by state

Where Elodia concentrates geographically — total births since 1893

Regionally concentrated
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Elodia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
939 52.1%
#2 California
134 7.4%
#3 New Mexico
10 0.6%
Texas share of Elodia's total US births 52.1%
Even split

939 of 1,804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Elodia?
1,804 babies have been named Elodia since 1893. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1927 with 48 births.
When was Elodia most popular?
Elodia was most popular in the 1940s decade with 311 total births. The single peak year was 1927.
Where is Elodia most popular?
The top states for the name Elodia are Texas (939 births), California (134 births), New Mexico (10 births).
How long has the name Elodia been used?
Elodia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1893, spanning 128 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Elodia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Eloise, Elouise, Elora, Eloisa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1893–2020 (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.