Girls' name · since 1886
Pelagia
91 babies named Pelagia in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1886
- 1910s
- peak decade
Pelagia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 91 have been recorded since 1886.
Pelagia has 91 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 2019.
- #28,212 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1886
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pelagia ranks #28,212 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1886, peaking in the 1910s.
- #28,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1886
- 1910s
- peak decade
Pelagia's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pelagia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pelagia's SSA record in two at 1918 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1898, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pelagia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2019
- Peak year (1916)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Pelagia by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (31 births, 34% of the file).
1910s was Pelagia's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Pelagia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 6
1880s
6 births
- 1890s 12
1890s
12 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 31 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Pelagia's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2010s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pelagia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~133 yrs)
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, 1886–2019 (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 Pelagia 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.