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 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 109,182 of them was named Elza, which outranked 48.9% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,780Ysabel12
- #2,780Zellie12
- #2,780Zelphia12
- #2,958Elza11
- #2,958Albertia11
- #2,958Albirtha11
- #2,958Aloha11
- #3,152Aino10
- #3,152Alita10
- #3,152Altie10
Tied with 193 names at #2,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 16,002 of them was named Elza, which outranked 83.5% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).