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

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Peak · boys
1880 · 25 births
Debut · boys
25 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,111
since 1880

Elza over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #920, 1883peak #341, 1880girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#7,25115
2023#7,64014
2022#6,98416
2021#9,56210
2020#8,95311
2019#8,13813
2018#6,52118
2017#9,34111
2016#7,60215
2015#7,61315
2014#5,79722
2013#9,03612
2012#8,20814
2011#10,37410
2010#10,45110
2009#17,2945
2008#11,5999
2007#10,12911
2006#17,1685
2005
2004#16,0995
2003
2002
2001#12,0567
2000#11,8017
1999
1998
1997#12,0706
1996
1995
1994
1993#13,4425
1992#9,4918
1991
1990#12,9585#7,1786
1989
1988#5,7517
1987#6,9515
1986
1985
1984
1983#8,0477
1982#8,2247
1981
1980
1979
1978#7,6497
1977
1976#9,2845#5,5875
1975
1974#8,7755
1973
1972#3,3449
1971#6,0068#3,9637
1970#6,3627#4,2306
1969#3,5957
1968#3,3657
1967
1966#4,19810#3,2497
1965
1964#6,7675#3,2827
1963#3,0448
1962#3,78212#2,8489
1961#2,70610
1960#3,0778
1959#2,66310
1958#3,9445
1957#1,95217
1956#2,09115
1955#5,2086#1,90217
1954#2,59210
1953#2,28712
1952#2,15313
1951#1,90416
1950#5,3015#2,43810
1949#1,70219
1948#1,81717
1947#4,3457#1,91616
1946#1,94914
1945#1,44521
1944#3,1399#1,32825
1943#1,48622
1942#1,58520
1941#3,9546#1,68517
1940#1,47121
1939#3,4297#1,14132
1938#3,8476#1,36424
1937#1,18031
1936#3,1038#1,27127
1935#3,1568#99241
1934#1,35725
1933#3,4067#1,28127
1932#2,83110#1,03541
1931#2,10515#1,14535
1930#2,11016#1,05343
1929#2,58712#1,11139
1928#4,7255#1,21135
1927#1,93520#89857
1926#2,07618#99248
1925#3,3629#1,14438
1924#1,92621#90759
1923#2,58713#97650
1922#2,95811#81868
1921#1,86722#87763
1920#2,26316#82666
1919#2,38414#89855
1918#2,28915#80965
1917#1,99617#96445
1916#1,86718#89249
1915#2,25513#94144
1914#1,89613#90736
1913#1,76612#81834
1912#2,3607#81629
1911#2,1916#79317
1910#1,7738#98111
1909#1,6078#1,0838
1908#74413
1907#73513
1906#1,7276#75211
1905#1,4208#59216
1904#1,09211#68612
1903#1,7925#1,1305
1902#1,7935#68711
1901#53614
1900#1,4318#62316
1899#1,5965#7149
1898#1,3797#7449
1897#1,2637#68110
1896#1,1229#46219
1895#45619
1894#1,2377#52115
1893#43518
1892#48017
1891#41118
1890#48915
1889#37922
1888#46417
1887#42016
1886#40319
1885#48015
1884#36024
1883#9205#41218
1882#48914
1881#46014
1880#34125
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #341 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,420
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.8% of all boys named Elza (523) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
  • Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s184#341 (1880)#421
1890s149#411 (1891)#539
1900s119#536 (1901)#757
1910s385#793 (1911)#882
1920s523#818 (1922)#976
1930s326#992 (1935)#1,182
1940s192#1,328 (1944)#1,638
1950s125#1,902 (1955)#2,393
1960s63#2,706 (1961)#3,146
1970s27#3,344 (1972)#4,281
1980s12#5,751 (1988)#6,351
1990s6#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 1915

girls
#2,255
13 births · 1 in 75,681 girls
boys
#941
44 births · 1 in 19,286 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #2,255Elza13

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #941Elza44
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 75,681 of them was named Elza, which outranked 54.6% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elza
  1. #2,143Wauneta14
  2. #2,143Yuriko14
  3. #2,143Zina14
  4. #2,255Elza13
  5. #2,255Agustina13
  6. #2,255Alfretta13
  7. #2,255Allison13
  8. #2,384Adelaida12
  9. #2,384Agusta12
  10. #2,384Aldora12

Tied with 128 names at #2,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 19,286 of them was named Elza, which outranked 78.6% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elza
  1. #925Rodolfo45
  2. #925Toney45
  3. #925Whitney45
  4. #941Elza44
  5. #941Conley44
  6. #941Courtney44
  7. #941Dorothy44
  8. #952Armond43
  9. #952Arvo43
  10. #952Farris43

Tied with 10 names at #941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915