Elodie
Feminine
Elodie comes to English through French Élodie, itself a softened form of the older Alodia — a name carried by a martyr venerated in northern Spain since the ninth century. It is a name of open vowels, three light syllables and no hard consonant anywhere in it. Long established in France, it has been finding English-speaking families steadily in recent years.
How old is the name Elodie?
Elodie first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Elodie is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 6,000 people named Elodie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Elodie most popular?
Elodie peaked in 2025, reaching #310 nationally. Today it ranks #310, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Works in British families too:
Where it comes from
From Alodia to Elodie
The story of Elodie
The oldest form is Alodia, borne by one of two sisters, Nunilo and Alodia, executed in ninth-century Muslim Spain and venerated afterwards as saints in Aragon and Navarre — which is why the name survived at all in the Iberian church calendars. Medieval Latin Alodia softened into French Alodie and then Élodie, and there it sat quietly for centuries as a saint's-day name. French parents rediscovered it in the second half of the twentieth century and made it a genuine mainstream choice. From there it crossed into English, usually shedding its accent but keeping its shape, and it charts in England and Wales as well as the United States.
Meaningscholars disagree
most likely "foreign riches" or "other wealth"
The leading reading traces Alodia to Gothic or Visigothic roots — elements meaning "other" and "wealth, property," the same family that gave medieval law the word allod for land held outright. A second reading, often repeated, derives it from Greek helodes, "marshy," and is sometimes prettied up as "marsh flower." The Germanic account has the better claim; neither is fully closed.
How the name formed
- Alodia
- Alodie
- Élodie
- Elodie
Related forms: Élodie · Alodia · Elodia · Elódia · Alòdia · Elodie
Pronouncing Elodie
EL-uh-dee
The usual American reading stresses the first syllable. In French it is closer to ay-law-DEE, with the weight at the end. Both are correct for the name; it helps to pick one and say it first when you introduce her.
Nicknames for Elodie
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most girls named
- 2025980 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #310reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- +156.5%980 in 2025, from 382
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Elodie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Élodie in French — spelling variant
- Alodia in Spanish — related form
- Elodia in Italian — related form
- Elódia in Portuguese — related form
- Alòdia in Catalan — related form
- Elodie in German — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York. International figures from Office for National Statistics. Sources
Elodies among us
people named Elodie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 1,640 born in 2025 was named Elodie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Janette test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Elodie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Janette climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Janette's path sketches the road Elodie is walking now.
Elodie is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Elodie is headed
Elodie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 43% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Elodie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Elodie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ready-made short forms already in circulation — Ellie, Elle, Dee — so nothing has to be invented.
- A documented line back to a ninth-century Spanish saint's name, Alodia, with no gaps that need papering over.
- Works across languages: Élodie in French, Alodia in Spanish, Elodia in Italian, all recognizably the same name.
- Phonetically transparent once heard — three syllables, no silent letters, no unexpected consonants.
- It is very often heard as Melody the first time, and sometimes read that way on a page. Expect a gentle correction to become routine.
- Two stress patterns compete — EL-uh-dee and the French ay-law-DEE — so she will likely hear both, and may need to choose which one she answers to.
- The accent in Élodie is standard in French and optional in English. Whichever you register, the other version will show up on forms and mail.
- Ellie is the obvious short form, and it is shared with several other popular names, so a classroom Ellie may not be uniquely hers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elodies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,000 people named Elodie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Elodie in 2025?
- Elodie ranks #310 among US girl names in 2025, with 980 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Elodie?
- About 1 in every 1,640 US girls born in 2025 was named Elodie — 980 in all.
- Will my child share the name Elodie with classmates?
- Elodie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Elodie
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