Elcid

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Arabic and Spanish origin

Elcid has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1962, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Elcid, 1962

1 in 807,000

Elcid over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elcid: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Arabic and Spanish origin

Arabic and Spanish

What Elcid means

Elcid is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Elcid is used in Cebuano. Its origins include Arabic and Spanish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Elcid between 1962 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1962; its best national rank was #4,229 in 1962.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Elcid?

Elcid had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1962: 1 in 807,000; 5 of 4,035,213 births
Among boys only: 1 in 414,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1962: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 559,400 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elcid sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 559,400 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elcid. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elcids were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elcid was born before 1962 — so the typical Elcid is around 63 today.

Median birth year: 1962; About 63 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Elcid rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1962 (5)
Years since peak: 63; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,229; 1962

Spellings of Elcid

Elcid is not the most common spelling — Eli is, with 56.2% against Elcid's <0.01%.

Eli56.2%153,495
Ellis18.5%50,403
Elvin7.7%20,932
Elvis6.6%17,971
Elwin1.9%5,176
Elio1.9%5,174
Elgin1.4%3,959
Elzie1.4%3,859

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Elcid by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,229; 1962
Peak year: 1962; 5 that year
First recorded: 1962
Last recorded: 1962
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Elcid

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Elco Elchanan Cid Elchonon

Sibling names for Elcid

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Donita Carmel Tena Jeanetta Patrica Tana Treva Jonna

For a brother

Tod Greggory Mitch Berry Art Chet Toney Cornell

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