Elda
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · Last seen for boys in 1931 at #3,763
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 54 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,970since 1880
Elda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #5,917 | 20 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,733 | 44 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,666 | 48 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,429 | 60 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,288 | 74 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,552 | 49 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,469 | 53 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,407 | 56 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,398 | 56 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,320 | 58 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,206 | 69 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,410 | 48 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,109 | 69 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,189 | 58 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,185 | 58 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,031 | 74 | — | |
| 1946 | #936 | 79 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 | — | |
| 1944 | #982 | 63 | — | |
| 1943 | #935 | 70 | — | |
| 1942 | #928 | 71 | — | |
| 1941 | #809 | 80 | — | |
| 1940 | #879 | 66 | — | |
| 1939 | #790 | 75 | — | |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 | — | |
| 1937 | #788 | 75 | — | |
| 1936 | #700 | 91 | — | |
| 1935 | #684 | 95 | — | |
| 1934 | #689 | 94 | — | |
| 1933 | #597 | 117 | — | |
| 1932 | #592 | 124 | — | |
| 1931 | #626 | 112 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #545 | 155 | — | |
| 1929 | #547 | 156 | — | |
| 1928 | #510 | 183 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #552 | 164 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #526 | 176 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #513 | 188 | — | |
| 1924 | #488 | 202 | — | |
| 1923 | #479 | 208 | — | |
| 1922 | #465 | 216 | — | |
| 1921 | #441 | 243 | — | |
| 1920 | #489 | 198 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #423 | 236 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #417 | 248 | — | |
| 1917 | #400 | 250 | — | |
| 1916 | #396 | 250 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #389 | 241 | — | |
| 1914 | #440 | 155 | — | |
| 1913 | #412 | 143 | — | |
| 1912 | #431 | 118 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #467 | 77 | — | |
| 1910 | #466 | 73 | — | |
| 1909 | #509 | 54 | — | |
| 1908 | #468 | 59 | — | |
| 1907 | #455 | 62 | — | |
| 1906 | #428 | 64 | — | |
| 1905 | #450 | 56 | — | |
| 1904 | #438 | 54 | — | |
| 1903 | #407 | 60 | — | |
| 1902 | #466 | 45 | — | |
| 1901 | #414 | 52 | — | |
| 1900 | #468 | 52 | — | |
| 1899 | #467 | 39 | — | |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 | — | |
| 1897 | #497 | 34 | — | |
| 1896 | #424 | 46 | — | |
| 1895 | #379 | 54 | — | |
| 1894 | #450 | 38 | — | |
| 1893 | #455 | 34 | — | |
| 1892 | #503 | 29 | — | |
| 1891 | #384 | 43 | — | |
| 1890 | #570 | 21 | — | |
| 1889 | #532 | 23 | — | |
| 1888 | #476 | 27 | — | |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elda was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 477 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #5,917)
- 408 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #5,917)
- 535 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #5,917)
- Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1882 (#740 → #530)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1886 (#520 → #693)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #379 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 89 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,082
- Highest: 1 in 4,082 girls born in 1915 were named Elda (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #379 in 1895, was only 1 in 4,326 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 21.6% of all girls named Elda (1,934) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 148 | #476 (1888) | #573 |
| 1890s | 376 | #379 (1895) | #463 |
| 1900s | 558 | #407 (1903) | #450 |
| 1910s | 1,791 | #389 (1915) | #424 |
| 1920s | 1,934 | #441 (1921) | #501 |
| 1930s | 1,019 | #545 (1930) | #679 |
| 1940s | 673 | #809 (1941) | #993 |
| 1950s | 565 | #1,109 (1950) | #1,346 |
| 1960s | 480 | #1,288 (1961) | #1,726 |
| 1970s | 370 | #2,066 (1974) | #2,252 |
| 1980s | 279 | #2,409 (1981) | #3,332 |
| 1990s | 302 | #2,733 (1992) | #3,790 |
| 2000s | 230 | #4,958 (2005) | #5,479 |
| 2010s | 155 | #5,821 (2017) | #7,755 |
| 2020s | 90 | #5,917 (2025) | #7,590 |
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.
Elda in 1887
girls
#586
15 births · 1 in 9,732 girls
Top girls' names in 1887
More about 1887
girls
145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 9,732 of them was named Elda, which outranked 55.1% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).