Elzie

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 85.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1891 · 24 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,859
since 1880

Elzie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #943, 1891peak #349, 1891girlsboys
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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#7,13315
2024#13,4776
2023#8,98911#10,8216
2022#6,98416
2021#10,2929#12,1465
2020#12,1427
2019#12,4487
2018#13,7936#8,1549
2017
2016#12,8767
2015#14,4826
2014
2013
2012
2011#10,8086
2010#10,7666
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005#11,4725
2004#8,1438
2003#9,5816
2002
2001
2000#8,2097
1999
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995
1994#8,8005
1993
1992
1991
1990#5,8238
1989#5,6158
1988#5,7517
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#3,80511
1984#4,2159
1983
1982#4,5938
1981#3,85810
1980#3,43012
1979#6,0565
1978#4,5547
1977#3,60610
1976#4,0128
1975#2,54016
1974#2,79913
1973#2,85712
1972#4,4416
1971#3,14610
1970#1,93921
1969#2,04617
1968#2,03016
1967#1,71121
1966#1,96316
1965#2,27013
1964#1,79320
1963#1,74421
1962#1,80520
1961#1,77821
1960#1,61925
1959#1,97417
1958#1,30535
1957#4,9187#1,34534
1956#1,56825
1955#1,41929
1954#1,26835
1953#1,18939
1952#1,24535
1951#1,21836
1950#1,05245
1949#1,22734
1948#1,16038
1947#1,25234
1946#1,00346
1945#99541
1944#91848
1943#3,2499#1,00644
1942#98546
1941#3,9546#97143
1940#3,2088#87252
1939#88849
1938#3,1818#92147
1937#3,4347#95743
1936#3,7016#83253
1935#76665
1934#3,8026#95644
1933#2,8689#78860
1932#2,23514#88852
1931#2,75010#78763
1930#4,5505#71876
1929#2,58712#74272
1928#2,19416#66389
1927#3,5618#69088
1926#2,16517#66390
1925#2,28316#71781
1924#2,13718#72683
1923#2,09118#70185
1922#1,95720#66693
1921#2,28216#642100
1920#3,3409#627101
1919#1,60425#62494
1918#1,69023#61899
1917#1,77320#564109
1916#1,94917#60094
1915#1,57122#60989
1914#1,48019#54681
1913#1,52815#57957
1912#1,35216#63543
1911#1,24114#51433
1910#1,06917#51230
1909#1,7637#59020
1908#1,26111#47527
1907#1,20611#59118
1906#1,4168#45624
1905#1,23810#52519
1904#1,05012#64713
1903#43022
1902#1,3208#42623
1901#1,06710#45318
1900#1,7236#53420
1899#1,3946#54813
1898#1,3797#63512
1897#1,5555#51515
1896#1,5835#55114
1895#68510
1894#1,3536#39922
1893#1,4375#41919
1892#49716
1891#9439#34924
1890#1,0068#37622
1889#7228
1888#48416
1887#48813
1886#1,1085#49114
1885#1,0475#43917
1884#1,0245#46816
1883#52712
1882#6529
1881#7067
1880#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elzie was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Elzie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1890 (#722#376)
  • Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1895 (#399#685)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #349 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,216
  • Highest: 1 in 4,216 boys born in 1891 were named Elzie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Elzie (882) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
  • Mostly boys until 2018, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s125#439 (1885)#548
1890s167#349 (1891)#497
1900s204#426 (1902)#513
1910s729#512 (1910)#580
1920s882#627 (1920)#684
1930s552#718 (1930)#850
1940s426#872 (1940)#1,039
1950s330#1,052 (1950)#1,358
1960s190#1,619 (1960)#1,876
1970s108#1,939 (1970)#3,595
1980s70#3,430 (1980)#4,749
1990s18#5,823 (1990)#7,963
2000s26#8,143 (2004)#9,351
2010s21#8,154 (2018)#9,909
2020s11#10,821 (2023)#11,484

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.

Elzie in 1909

girls
#1,763
7 births · 1 in 49,604 girls
boys
#590
20 births · 1 in 8,200 boys

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #1,763Elzie7

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #590Elzie20
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 49,604 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 30.8% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elzie
  1. #1,607Zenith8
  2. #1,607Zeta8
  3. #1,607Zilpha8
  4. #1,763Elzie7
  5. #1,763Addis7
  6. #1,763Agness7
  7. #1,763Albena7
  8. #1,957Adelene6
  9. #1,957Adlene6
  10. #1,957Ailene6

Tied with 193 names at #1,763; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 994Laverna#1,862#868
  2. 994Nevada#1,862#868
  3. 901Gayle#1,862#961
  4. 686Elba#1,676#990
  5. 612Gertha#1,547#935
Fallers
  1. 1,045Arnetta#912#1,957
  2. 987Launa#970#1,957
  3. 668Buna#939#1,607
  4. 540Arlena#829#1,369
  5. 540Elta#829#1,369

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

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 8,200 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 64.9% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elzie
  1. #574Rupert21
  2. #574Warner21
  3. #574Wilton21
  4. #590Elzie20
  5. #590Angus20
  6. #590Artie20
  7. #590Bryan20
  8. #615Allie19
  9. #615Andres19
  10. #615Bradley19

Tied with 24 names at #590; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 783Toney#1,373#590
  2. 720Cicero#1,373#653
  3. 538Alfonzo#1,217#679
  4. 533Bessie#1,373#840
  5. 533Ezell#1,373#840
Fallers
  1. 874Tracy#566#1,440
  2. 808Jonah#632#1,440
  3. 808Lew#632#1,440
  4. 783Blair#657#1,440
  5. 728Perley#712#1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909