Elora — #364 US girls' name
7,945 babies named Elora in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Elora was born in this single decade.
858 babies were named Elora in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elora
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,945 babies named Elora between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elora currently holds the #364 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 858 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elora performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Elora shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 779 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Elora in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elora 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 7,945 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.
Elora at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Elora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1898
- Peak year (2024)
- 858
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
Currently ranks #364 among girls.
7,945 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 858 births in a single year.
Elora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 3,195 births that decade — 40% of Elora's all-time total
Elora decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,195 births
- Runner-up 2,656 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Elora's strongest decade
3,195 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Elora by state
Where Elora concentrates geographically — total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 779 | 9.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 668 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 355 | 4.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 316 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Washington | | 264 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 216 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 207 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 202 | 2.5% |
779 of 7,945 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.8% of nationwide
- Texas 8.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
- Washington 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 46 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Elora appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1898–2024 (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.