Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Elianna

Meaning Spelling variant of Eliana Gender Girl Rank 2025 #218 Trend ↑ Rising 82%

Spelling variant of Eliana.

Rank 2025
#218
among girls · ↑45 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,404
named Elianna · +15% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,145
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,404 babies
All-time total
13,497
#1,384 all-time among girls
First recorded
1978
in Social Security records

Elianna popularity over time

13,497 babies have been named Elianna since 1978, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s – – – –
1970s 5 1 – #10,205
1980s 69 7 +1280% #3,789
1990s 339 34 +391% #1,862
2000s 1,920 192 +466% #871
2010s 4,860 486 +153% #470
2020s (to 2025) 6,304 1,051 +116% #218

Where Elianna is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,556 0.97 #200
2027 1,699 1.06 #181
2028 1,830 1.14 #164
2029 1,949 1.21 #155
2030 2,057 1.28 #144

Where Elianna is most popular

Girls named Elianna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.679 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Arizona.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Elianna born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 65 2.67 +294%
Rhode Island 20 1.60 +135%
Arizona 200 1.43 +110%
Nevada 63 1.36 +100%
Texas 1,022 1.27 +87%
California 1,022 1.22 +79%
Wyoming 5 1.17 +73%
Colorado 127 1.14 +68%
Washington 146 1.01 +49%
New Jersey 169 0.936 +38%
Oregon 59 0.906 +33%
Connecticut 52 0.894 +32%
Hawaii 10 0.872 +28%
Illinois 199 0.869 +28%
New Hampshire 16 0.867 +28%
Kansas 45 0.780 +15%
Nebraska 28 0.779 +15%
Florida 325 0.760 +12%
Oklahoma 55 0.747 +10%
Idaho 25 0.747 +10%
New York 294 0.742 +9%
Massachusetts 87 0.720 +6%
Maryland 76 0.717 +6%
Iowa 41 0.702 ≈ national
Pennsylvania 161 0.681 ≈ national
Indiana 83 0.591 -13%
Arkansas 31 0.587 -14%
North Carolina 131 0.575 -15%
Michigan 101 0.554 -18%
Wisconsin 57 0.553 -19%
Ohio 125 0.527 -22%
Minnesota 54 0.500 -26%
Georgia 111 0.489 -28%
Virginia 82 0.481 -29%
Louisiana 41 0.468 -31%
West Virginia 12 0.458 -33%
Utah 37 0.445 -35%
Missouri 53 0.440 -35%
North Dakota 5 0.380 -44%
South Carolina 33 0.367 -46%
Tennessee 58 0.366 -46%
Maine 5 0.323 -52%
Alabama 29 0.309 -55%
Kentucky 18 0.210 -69%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Elianna

Elianna is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #218 in 2025 with 1,404 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1978, 13,497 American babies have been named Elianna. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,404 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Elianna stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Elianna?

The median living Elianna is about 6 years old; half are between 2 and 13. An estimated 13 thousand people named Elianna are alive in the United States today.

median 6 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Elianna year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,404 #218
2024 1,216 #263
2023 1,072 #290
2022 960 #334
2021 857 #359
2020 795 #390
2019 664 #470
2018 636 #490
2017 620 #504
2016 540 #575
2015 494 #599
2014 441 #647
2013 400 #702
2012 381 #728
2011 384 #721
2010 300 #883
2009 317 #871
2008 266 #996
2007 263 #1,005
2006 229 #1,099
2005 183 #1,240
2004 182 #1,222
2003 169 #1,244
2002 126 #1,502
2001 103 #1,741
2000 82 #2,022
1995 23 #4,389
1990 11 #7,464
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Elianna, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Elianna?

The median living Elianna is about 6 years old. Half of all living Eliannas are between 2 and 13 years old.

How many people named Elianna are alive today?

An estimated 13 thousand people named Elianna are alive in the United States, based on 13,497 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Elianna mean?

Spelling variant of Eliana.

How popular is the name Elianna in 2025?

Elianna ranked #218 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,404 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Elianna?

13,497 babies have been named Elianna in the United States since 1978, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Elianna most popular?

Elianna peaked in 2025, when 1,404 newborns received the name.

Is Elianna a boy or girl name?

Elianna is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Elianna rising or falling?

Elianna is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Elianna become more popular?

Elianna is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,057 girls named Elianna in 2030, which would rank around #144. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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