Elida

#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births

Peak · girls
1935 · 110 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,776
since 1886

Elida over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elida has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #618, 1935girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,17234
2024#5,02126
2023#3,76340
2022#4,10835
2021#4,41331
2020#3,45044
2019#3,55243
2018#4,35732
2017#3,62742
2016#3,84939
2015#4,14435
2014#5,62523
2013#3,57343
2012#3,64443
2011#3,55044
2010#3,88939
2009#3,80041
2008#3,42048
2007#3,53146
2006#3,17652
2005#3,21248
2004#3,12749
2003#3,29144
2002#2,85452
2001#2,46163
2000#2,81751
1999#2,56755
1998#2,53054
1997#2,25960
1996#1,93074
1995#2,12563
1994#2,43252
1993#2,06866
1992#2,19161
1991#2,13662
1990#1,90573
1989#2,11958
1988#2,21651
1987#2,33245
1986#1,89059
1985#1,97555
1984#2,01850
1983#1,66566
1982#1,68467
1981#1,55976
1980#1,58373
1979#1,89755
1978#2,01247
1977#1,68262
1976#1,56864
1975#1,45970
1974#1,41472
1973#1,45865
1972#1,74950
1971#1,48868
1970#1,43072
1969#1,48063
1968#1,50457
1967#1,32468
1966#1,76641
1965#1,39063
1964#1,34969
1963#1,25077
1962#1,30472
1961#1,22481
1960#1,22080
1959#1,11692
1958#1,09592
1957#981112
1956#988106
1955#1,04393
1954#1,00095
1953#874115
1952#95496
1951#799124
1950#803117
1949#853107
1948#741130
1947#797119
1946#672141
1945#701112
1944#700115
1943#668128
1942#711109
1941#689104
1940#76284
1939#70593
1938#674104
1937#68898
1936#66698
1935#618110
1934#70589
1933#69388
1932#70892
1931#68495
1930#71095
1929#683105
1928#78184
1927#86373
1926#82479
1925#87771
1924#99259
1923#1,23140
1922#1,19042
1921#1,22240
1920#1,19041
1919#1,13342
1918#1,41130
1917#1,65222
1916#1,63022
1915#1,19033
1914#1,11929
1913#1,46516
1912#1,17820
1911#1,45011
1910#1,33512
1909#1,4719
1908#1,26111
1907#1,3849
1906#1,9515
1905#1,4208
1904#1,2519
1903#1,4407
1902#1,4387
1901#1,3397
1900
1899
1898#1,7005
1897#1,0949
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2028
1894#1,0619
1893#95510
1892#1,0858
1891#1,0937
1890
1889#1,1476
1888
1887
1886#1,1085
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Elida! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elida
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 849 spots since 2024 (#5,021#4,172)
  • 722 spots since 2020 (#3,450#4,172)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#4,144#4,172)
  • Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1924 (#1,231#992)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1952 (#799#954)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1935 at #618 (110 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 31 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1924–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,533
  • Highest: 1 in 9,533 girls born in 1935 were named Elida (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 14.8% of all girls named Elida (1,149) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#1,108 (1886)#1,128
1890s66#955 (1893)#1,155
1900s72#1,251 (1904)#1,439
1910s237#1,119 (1914)#1,356
1920s634#683 (1929)#985
1930s962#618 (1935)#685
1940s1,149#668 (1943)#729
1950s1,042#799 (1951)#965
1960s671#1,220 (1960)#1,381
1970s625#1,414 (1974)#1,616
1980s600#1,559 (1981)#1,904
1990s620#1,905 (1990)#2,214
2000s494#2,461 (2001)#3,169
2010s383#3,550 (2011)#3,981
2020s210#3,450 (2020)#4,155

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elida in 1928

girls
#781
84 births · 1 in 13,730 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #781Elida84
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 13,730 of them was named Elida, which outranked 85.6% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elida
  1. #778Berneice85
  2. #778Bernita85
  3. #778Emilie85
  4. #781Elida84
  5. #781Carmelita84
  6. #781Nova84
  7. #781Vernie84
  8. #786Ardella83
  9. #786Delphia83
  10. #786Jeannie83

Tied with 4 names at #781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1928