Girls' name · since 2018
Elys
16 babies named Elys in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,615 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elys currently ranks #14585 among girls' names in America, with 16 babies recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elys has been recorded 16 times among girls since 2018, currently ranked #14585 nationally and more common than 16% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #48,615 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,585 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elys ranks #48,615 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,585 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #48,615 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elys's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elys compares
16 6th percentile among 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
Elys's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elys | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elys's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Elys by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Elys's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Elys births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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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, 2018–2025 (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 Elys 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.