Elida
Elida is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. Its best rank was 618th, in 1935.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 260.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1946141 births
- Best rank
- #618in 1935
- Since 1886
- 7,742people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,742 girls have been named Elida in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 141 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1940s alone account for 15%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elida | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 66 | |
| 1900s | 72 | |
| 1910s | 237 | |
| 1920s | 634 | |
| 1930s | 962 | |
| 1940s | 1,149 | |
| 1950s | 1,042 | |
| 1960s | 671 | |
| 1970s | 625 | |
| 1980s | 600 | |
| 1990s | 620 | |
| 2000s | 494 | |
| 2010s | 383 | |
| 2020s | 176 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Elida was the 672nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Elida
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Claritapeak 1932
- Ernestinapeak 1947
- Ofeliapeak 1929
- Sherleypeak 1947
- Demarispeak 1952
- Enedinapeak 1927
- Carmapeak 1961
- Carlinepeak 1949
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.