Elby

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146

Peak · boys
1886 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
261
since 1886

Elby over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elby has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #845, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1966#2,9868
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1960#4,0385
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1950#3,3296
1949#3,2986
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1946#3,1736
1945
1944#2,8627
1943
1942#3,5605
1941#2,33310
1940#2,6718
1939#3,1136
1938#3,1756
1937#3,5185
1936
1935#3,6455
1934#3,6795
1933#3,0047
1932#3,3616
1931#3,7635
1930#2,7819
1929#2,9808
1928
1927#4,2105
1926#2,9049
1925
1924#3,8676
1923#2,22414
1922#1,88318
1921#3,5177
1920#1,88518
1919#2,51111
1918#2,69910
1917#2,42311
1916#3,5166
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1914#2,6517
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1886#8456
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Elby! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Elby
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,464
  • Highest: 1 in 18,464 boys born in 1886 were named Elby (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 32.6% of all boys named Elby (85) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#845 (1886)#845
1890s0
1900s0
1910s45#2,423 (1917)#2,760
1920s85#1,883 (1922)#2,934
1930s54#2,781 (1930)#3,338
1940s42#2,333 (1941)#2,983
1950s11#3,329 (1950)#3,661
1960s13#2,986 (1966)#3,512
1970s0
1980s0
1990s0
2000s0
2010s0
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elby in 1886

boys
#845
6 births · 1 in 18,464 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #845Elby6
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,464 of them was named Elby, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elby
  1. #758Wirt7
  2. #758Wong7
  3. #758Woody7
  4. #845Elby6
  5. #845Ada6
  6. #845Algie6
  7. #845Almon6
  8. #959Acey5
  9. #959Adelbert5
  10. #959Alan5

Tied with 113 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 505Thornton#936#431
  2. 485Oswald#936#451
  3. 445Evans#936#491
  4. 396Grace#936#540
  5. 385Abel#836#451
Fallers
  1. 497Adelbert#462#959
  2. 438Carey#521#959
  3. 412Santiago#547#959
  4. 382Brooks#577#959
  5. 355Alma#604#959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886