Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Elidia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elidia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 981
- 0 boys · 981 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,561 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,561 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,142 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elidia’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Elidia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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Avemaria
>99% girls
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“wealth, riches”
>99% girls
Elona
>99% girls
Annetta
“grace, gracious”
>99% girls
Oralia
“golden-haired woman”
>99% girls