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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Elda has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #379 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 89 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1944
- 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
- 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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 6,735 of them was named Elda, which outranked 90.6% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #523Theda179
- #523Vernice179
- #525Aurelia177
- #526Elda176
- #526Rosalyn176
- #528Dawn175
- #528Harriette175
- #530Filomena174
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 222,101 of them was named Elda, which outranked 13.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 636 names at #4,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.