Elease
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1923 · 97 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,047since 1895
Elease over time
Rank among girls' names. Elease has never cracked the top 700 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 |
| 1942 | #1,019 | 59 |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1940 | #957 | 56 |
| 1939 | #987 | 51 |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 |
| 1937 | #929 | 55 |
| 1936 | #876 | 60 |
| 1935 | #974 | 50 |
| 1934 | #839 | 66 |
| 1933 | #904 | 56 |
| 1932 | #768 | 77 |
| 1931 | #857 | 65 |
| 1930 | #795 | 79 |
| 1929 | #981 | 54 |
| 1928 | #765 | 87 |
| 1927 | #771 | 88 |
| 1926 | #748 | 92 |
| 1925 | #895 | 68 |
| 1924 | #839 | 80 |
| 1923 | #741 | 97 |
| 1922 | #742 | 96 |
| 1921 | #892 | 68 |
| 1920 | #836 | 75 |
| 1919 | #843 | 68 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #807 | 73 |
| 1916 | #848 | 64 |
| 1915 | #1,012 | 43 |
| 1914 | #855 | 47 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Elease! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Elease is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#127 · 1 in 559
- Florida#291 · 1 in 1,955
- Georgia#373 · 1 in 3,698
Best ever in a state: #117 in South Carolina, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #127 | 33 | 1 in 559 |
| Florida | #291 | 6 | 1 in 1,955 |
| Georgia | #373 | 8 | 1 in 3,698 |
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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 Elease
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1912 (#1,171 → #938)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1911 (#914 → #1,171)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1923 at #741 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1919–1937
- Highest: 1 in 12,437 girls born in 1923 were named Elease (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 26.4% of all girls named Elease (805) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,426 (1895) | #1,505 |
| 1900s | 119 | #845 (1909) | #1,138 |
| 1910s | 444 | #807 (1917) | #933 |
| 1920s | 805 | #741 (1923) | #821 |
| 1930s | 605 | #768 (1932) | #898 |
| 1940s | 426 | #957 (1940) | #1,306 |
| 1950s | 258 | #1,611 (1951) | #2,201 |
| 1960s | 142 | #2,411 (1965) | #3,756 |
| 1970s | 66 | #4,679 (1978) | #6,701 |
| 1980s | 82 | #5,245 (1980) | #7,370 |
| 1990s | 43 | #9,336 (1991) | #10,448 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,168 (2006) | #17,168 |
| 2010s | 36 | #8,632 (2012) | #11,787 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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.
Elease in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 16,380 of them was named Elease, which outranked 82.8% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).