Girls' name · since 1969

Elycia

Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 448 babies named Elycia, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#12,639 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,284 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
448
born since 1969
2000s
peak decade

Elycia currently ranks #15284 among girls' names in America, with 448 babies recorded since 1969.

Elycia has 448 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15284 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.

  • #12,639 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,284 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 448 born since 1969
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elycia ranks #12,639 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,284 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 448 born since 1969, peaking in the 2000s.

#12,639 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,284 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
448
born since 1969
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%11.6%
Elycia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Elycia's 448 recorded births place it above 82.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Elycia compares

448 Top 47% higher than 53% 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

Elycia's all-time total is 19% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Elycia Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 448 376 567,345
Peak-year births 24 21 19,840

Elycia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Elycia splits its recorded history at 1999: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Elycia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2002)
24
Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
0510152025 196919801989199520012007201320222025 5

Elycia by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (158 births, 35% of the file).

2000s was Elycia's strongest decade.

158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.

Elycia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 158 births (35% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Elycia?
Since 1969, Social Security records show 448 babies named Elycia. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #12,639 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #15,284 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2002, with 24 births.
Where does Elycia sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elycia ranks #12,639 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,284 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Elycia most popular?
Elycia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 158 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Elycia been used?
The SSA has tracked Elycia since 1969 -- 57 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Elycia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Elyse, Elyssa, Elysia, Elyana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Elycia's data

  • Elycia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Elycia

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Elycia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1969–2025 (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 Elycia 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.