Girls' name · since 1880
Eloise
Eloise has 72,699 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #49 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72,699
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
72,699 babies have been named Eloise since 1880, making it today's #49 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Eloise recorded 72,699 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #49 nationally today, ahead of 99.7% 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 1880 to 2025.
- #468 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #49 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 72,699 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eloise ranks #468 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #49 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72,699 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #49 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 72,699
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eloise's 72,699 recorded births place it above 99.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Eloise compares
72,699 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Eloise's all-time total is 193x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eloise | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72,699 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 4,251 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eloise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eloise's full recorded timeline at 1953, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 11 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 4,251 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eloise popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 4,251
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Eloise popularity over time - boys
116 total births recorded since 1919 (Eloise as boys' name)
Eloise by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18,040 births, 25% of the file).
2020s was Eloise's strongest decade.
18,040 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Eloise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 242
1880s
242 births
- 1890s 641
1890s
641 births
- 1900s 1,540
1900s
1,540 births
- 1910s 7,071
1910s
7,071 births
- 1920s
1920s
11,922 births
- 1930s
1930s
7,469 births
- 1940s 5,883
1940s
5,883 births
- 1950s 3,676
1950s
3,676 births
- 1960s 1,305
1960s
1,305 births
- 1970s 429
1970s
429 births
- 1980s 314
1980s
314 births
- 1990s 359
1990s
359 births
- 2000s 1,573
2000s
1,573 births
- 2010s
2010s
12,235 births
- 2020s
2020s
18,040 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18,040 births (25% of all-time use).
How Eloise 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 Eloise's total volume
Eloise by state
Where Eloise concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,445 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,189 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 3,919 | 5.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 3,453 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 3,243 | 4.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 3,102 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 3,093 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 2,927 | 4.0% |
4,445 of 72,699 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Eloise appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eloise's data
- California records the most Eloises (4,445 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eloise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Eloise 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.