Unisex name · since 2017
Elysian
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 101 babies named Elysian, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,764 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elysian currently ranks #6764 among unisex names in America, with 101 babies recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elysian has been recorded 101 times among boys since 2017, currently ranked #6764 nationally and more common than 51% of boys, 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 2017 to 2025.
- #17,345 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,764 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 101 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elysian ranks #17,345 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,764 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 101 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,764 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elysian's 101 recorded births place it above 61.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elysian compares
101 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Elysian's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elysian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 101 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Elysian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elysian's full recorded timeline at 2021, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elysian popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Elysian popularity over time - girls
53 total births recorded since 2014 (Elysian as girls' name)
Elysian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Elysian's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Elysian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elysian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
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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, 2017–2025 (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 Elysian 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.