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.
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 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
Top boys' names in 1894
More about 1894
girls
222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 31,846 of them was named Elza, which outranked 27.3% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,136Zela8
- #1,136Zilpha8
- #1,136Zoa8
- #1,237Elza7
- #1,237Aggie7
- #1,237Agness7
- #1,237Aida7
- #1,353Adelheid6
- #1,353Alfrieda6
- #1,353Alla6
Tied with 115 names at #1,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 7,718 of them was named Elza, which outranked 57.9% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).