Elba
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,441
Given to girls 91.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,393since 1888
Elba over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,088 | 48 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,022 | 39 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,653 | 56 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,622 | 48 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,512 | 50 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,141 | 82 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Elba! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Elba is popular in 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#553 · 1 in 6,324
- New York#615 · 1 in 7,304
- California#1,491 · 1 in 28,646
Best ever in a state: #344 in New York, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #553 | 9 | 1 in 6,324 |
| New York | #615 | 22 | 1 in 7,304 |
| California | #1,491 | 6 | 1 in 28,646 |
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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 Elba
- 1,361 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #10,917)
- 2,536 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #10,917)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 686 spots in 1909 (#1,676 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 783 spots in 1910 (#990 → #1,773)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1891 at #750 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1891–1909
- Highest: 1 in 14,268 girls born in 1891 were named Elba (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.7% of all girls named Elba (533) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1940, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,212 |
| 1890s | 74 | #750 (1891) | #1,165 |
| 1900s | 91 | #990 (1909) | #1,383 |
| 1910s | 217 | #1,171 (1911) | #1,444 |
| 1920s | 233 | #1,375 (1920) | #1,822 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,344 (1934) | #1,905 |
| 1940s | 207 | #1,666 (1949) | #2,017 |
| 1950s | 516 | #1,141 (1956) | #1,425 |
| 1960s | 533 | #1,359 (1962) | #1,579 |
| 1970s | 421 | #1,653 (1970) | #2,088 |
| 1980s | 334 | #2,185 (1982) | #2,888 |
| 1990s | 264 | #2,640 (1990) | #4,269 |
| 2000s | 157 | #5,312 (2000) | #7,613 |
| 2010s | 88 | #8,580 (2013) | #11,532 |
| 2020s | 57 | #7,631 (2022) | #10,282 |
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.
Elba in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 35,752 of them was named Elba, which outranked 80.0% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,548Sharen54
- #1,548Shona54
- #1,548Zoraida54
- #1,559Elba53
- #1,559Alena53
- #1,559Alina53
- #1,559Darlena53
- #1,578Alisia52
- #1,578Charise52
- #1,578Cristal52
Tied with 18 names at #1,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 398,540 of them was named Elba, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 555 names at #4,039; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.