Eloyse — girls' name
92 babies named Eloyse in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Eloyse was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Eloyse in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eloyse
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Eloyse between 1912 and 1946, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eloyse currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eloyse performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Eloyse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eloyse in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eloyse 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 92 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.
Eloyse at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eloyse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1912
- Peak year (1927)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1946.
92 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 12 births in a single year.
Eloyse by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 40 births that decade — 43% of Eloyse's all-time total
Eloyse decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Eloyse's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Eloyse by state
Where Eloyse concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 5.4% |
5 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–1946 (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.