Elida
#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 110 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,776since 1886
Elida over time
Rank among girls' names. Elida has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 |
| 2023 | #3,763 | 40 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 |
| 2020 | #3,450 | 44 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 |
| 2005 | #3,212 | 48 |
| 2004 | #3,127 | 49 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 |
| 2001 | #2,461 | 63 |
| 2000 | #2,817 | 51 |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 |
| 1997 | #2,259 | 60 |
| 1996 | #1,930 | 74 |
| 1995 | #2,125 | 63 |
| 1994 | #2,432 | 52 |
| 1993 | #2,068 | 66 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 |
| 1990 | #1,905 | 73 |
| 1989 | #2,119 | 58 |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 |
| 1986 | #1,890 | 59 |
| 1985 | #1,975 | 55 |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 |
| 1982 | #1,684 | 67 |
| 1981 | #1,559 | 76 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,682 | 62 |
| 1976 | #1,568 | 64 |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 |
| 1974 | #1,414 | 72 |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 |
| 1971 | #1,488 | 68 |
| 1970 | #1,430 | 72 |
| 1969 | #1,480 | 63 |
| 1968 | #1,504 | 57 |
| 1967 | #1,324 | 68 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,390 | 63 |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 |
| 1962 | #1,304 | 72 |
| 1961 | #1,224 | 81 |
| 1960 | #1,220 | 80 |
| 1959 | #1,116 | 92 |
| 1958 | #1,095 | 92 |
| 1957 | #981 | 112 |
| 1956 | #988 | 106 |
| 1955 | #1,043 | 93 |
| 1954 | #1,000 | 95 |
| 1953 | #874 | 115 |
| 1952 | #954 | 96 |
| 1951 | #799 | 124 |
| 1950 | #803 | 117 |
| 1949 | #853 | 107 |
| 1948 | #741 | 130 |
| 1947 | #797 | 119 |
| 1946 | #672 | 141 |
| 1945 | #701 | 112 |
| 1944 | #700 | 115 |
| 1943 | #668 | 128 |
| 1942 | #711 | 109 |
| 1941 | #689 | 104 |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 |
| 1939 | #705 | 93 |
| 1938 | #674 | 104 |
| 1937 | #688 | 98 |
| 1936 | #666 | 98 |
| 1935 | #618 | 110 |
| 1934 | #705 | 89 |
| 1933 | #693 | 88 |
| 1932 | #708 | 92 |
| 1931 | #684 | 95 |
| 1930 | #710 | 95 |
| 1929 | #683 | 105 |
| 1928 | #781 | 84 |
| 1927 | #863 | 73 |
| 1926 | #824 | 79 |
| 1925 | #877 | 71 |
| 1924 | #992 | 59 |
| 1923 | #1,231 | 40 |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Elida is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#149 · 1 in 698
Best ever in a state: #128 in Texas, 1935.
Show every state
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| Texas | #149 | 96 | 1 in 698 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elida
- 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)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1935 at #618 (110 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1924–1954
- 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%)
- 14.8% of all girls named Elida (1,149) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #1,108 (1886) | #1,128 |
| 1890s | 66 | #955 (1893) | #1,155 |
| 1900s | 72 | #1,251 (1904) | #1,439 |
| 1910s | 237 | #1,119 (1914) | #1,356 |
| 1920s | 634 | #683 (1929) | #985 |
| 1930s | 962 | #618 (1935) | #685 |
| 1940s | 1,149 | #668 (1943) | #729 |
| 1950s | 1,042 | #799 (1951) | #965 |
| 1960s | 671 | #1,220 (1960) | #1,381 |
| 1970s | 625 | #1,414 (1974) | #1,616 |
| 1980s | 600 | #1,559 (1981) | #1,904 |
| 1990s | 620 | #1,905 (1990) | #2,214 |
| 2000s | 494 | #2,461 (2001) | #3,169 |
| 2010s | 383 | #3,550 (2011) | #3,981 |
| 2020s | 210 | #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 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 12,392 of them was named Elida, which outranked 86.8% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #708Delphine111
- #709Dessie110
- #709Jacklyn110
- #711Elida109
- #711Hedy109
- #711Ima109
- #711Rhonda109
- #717Carolyne108
- #717Pansy108
- #717Verla108
Tied with 5 names at #711; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.