Elberta
Last seen for girls in 1979 at #9,010
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,750since 1883
Elberta over time
Rank among girls' names. Elberta has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
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| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
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| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
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| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,311 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 |
| 1928 | #1,136 | 45 |
| 1927 | #1,127 | 46 |
| 1926 | #1,220 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 |
| 1923 | #1,054 | 52 |
| 1922 | #1,144 | 45 |
| 1921 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1920 | #959 | 58 |
| 1919 | #1,000 | 52 |
| 1918 | #969 | 55 |
| 1917 | #923 | 56 |
| 1916 | #872 | 61 |
| 1915 | #1,040 | 41 |
| 1914 | #888 | 43 |
| 1913 | #803 | 43 |
| 1912 | #868 | 33 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
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| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Elberta! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elberta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1900 (#1,099 → #803)
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1908 (#790 → #1,044)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1907 at #790 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1900–1907
- Highest: 1 in 13,768 girls born in 1904 were named Elberta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,545 girls born in 1979 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #790 in 1907, was only 1 in 14,480 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.3% of all girls named Elberta (461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #920 (1883) | #1,034 |
| 1890s | 50 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,300 |
| 1900s | 184 | #790 (1907) | #863 |
| 1910s | 431 | #803 (1913) | #913 |
| 1920s | 461 | #959 (1920) | #1,131 |
| 1930s | 273 | #1,219 (1937) | #1,464 |
| 1940s | 192 | #1,661 (1944) | #2,138 |
| 1950s | 98 | #2,781 (1950) | #4,126 |
| 1960s | 29 | #3,920 (1960) | #5,592 |
| 1970s | 21 | #6,006 (1971) | #7,305 |
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.
Elberta in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
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1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 23,262 of them was named Elberta, which outranked 80.1% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,042Gerald49
- #1,042Mariam49
- #1,042Marilee49
- #1,051Elberta48
- #1,051Alverta48
- #1,051Beaulah48
- #1,051Berna48
- #1,064Antionette47
- #1,064Becky47
- #1,064Eveline47
Tied with 12 names at #1,051; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.