NameTides

Elody

Elody was the #2,354 girls' name in the US in 2025 (77 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Elody as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elody as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Elody as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,354 (77)#2,788 (9)#2,730 (7)
2024#2,508 (71)#2,254 (12)#1,153 (22)
2023#5,752 (21)#4,710 (4)#2,604 (7)
2022#5,638 (22)#4,646 (4)#2,315 (8)
2021#4,607 (29)#3,961 (5)#1,592 (14)
2020#5,667 (21)#3,447 (6)#1,490 (15)
2019#7,716 (14)—#1,231 (20)
2018#7,100 (16)#3,985 (5)#1,741 (12)
2017#7,092 (16)#3,229 (7)#1,506 (15)
2016#8,875 (12)#5,785 (3)#1,335 (18)
2015#10,866 (9)#5,730 (3)#1,043 (24)
2014#8,053 (14)#4,003 (5)#1,108 (23)
2013#13,150 (7)—#1,133 (22)
2012#10,429 (10)—#751 (37)
2011#10,374 (10)—#957 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #2,354.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2009.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Elody is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,700 to 1 in 42,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elody by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Elody (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7745

Elody (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElodyCanadaGirls#2,7307
ElodyEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
ElodyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElodyUSGirls#2,35477