Girls' name · since 2009
Elody
Elody has 360 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elody currently ranks #2366 among girls' names in America, with 360 babies recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Elody recorded 360 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #2366 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #14,417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,366 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 360 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elody ranks #14,417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,366 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 360 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elody's 360 recorded births place it above 80.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Elody compares
360 49th percentile among 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
Elody's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elody | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 360 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 77 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elody's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elody splits its recorded history at 2017: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 77 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elody popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 77
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Elody by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (241 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Elody's strongest decade.
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Elody births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s
2020s
241 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 241 births (67% of all-time use).
Elody by state
Where Elody concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 9 | 2.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 8 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.4% |
35 of 360 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Elody's data
- California records the most Elodys (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2009–2025 (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 Elody 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.