Elza
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to boys 71.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,111since 1880
Elza 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 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | — | #1,486 | 22 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,585 | 20 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #1,364 | 24 |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,271 | 27 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #992 | 41 |
| 1934 | — | #1,357 | 25 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #898 | 57 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | #907 | 59 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | #877 | 63 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #826 | 66 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #809 | 65 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #964 | 45 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #941 | 44 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #818 | 34 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #816 | 29 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #592 | 16 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | — | #456 | 19 | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | — | #435 | 18 | |
| 1892 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1891 | — | #411 | 18 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #403 | 19 | |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | #412 | 18 |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elza was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elza is popular in 1885
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Elza
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Biggest jump: 444 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #686)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1903 (#687 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #341 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1902
- Highest: 1 in 4,420 boys born in 1880 were named Elza (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,340 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
- 24.8% of all boys named Elza (523) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 184 | #341 (1880) | #421 |
| 1890s | 149 | #411 (1891) | #539 |
| 1900s | 119 | #536 (1901) | #757 |
| 1910s | 385 | #793 (1911) | #882 |
| 1920s | 523 | #818 (1922) | #976 |
| 1930s | 326 | #992 (1935) | #1,182 |
| 1940s | 192 | #1,328 (1944) | #1,638 |
| 1950s | 125 | #1,902 (1955) | #2,393 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,706 (1961) | #3,146 |
| 1970s | 27 | #3,344 (1972) | #4,281 |
| 1980s | 12 | #5,751 (1988) | #6,351 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,178 |
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.
Elza in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 7,187 of them was named Elza, which outranked 56.2% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).