Elpidia — girls' name
74 babies named Elpidia in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Elpidia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Elpidia in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elpidia
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Elpidia between 1924 and 1990, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elpidia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elpidia performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Elpidia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elpidia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elpidia 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 74 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.
Elpidia at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elpidia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1924
- Peak year (1924)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
74 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 8 births in a single year.
Elpidia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 22 births that decade — 30% of Elpidia's all-time total
Elpidia decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Elpidia's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Elpidia by state
Where Elpidia concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 6.8% |
5 of 74 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.8% 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, 1924–1990 (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.