Elu — girls' name
5 babies named Elu in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Elu was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Elu in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elu
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Elu between 2021 and 2021, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elu performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elu 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 5 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.
Elu at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 5 births in a single year.
Elu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Elu's all-time total
Elu decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Elu's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 2021–2021 (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.