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
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,859since 1880
Elzie 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 | #7,133 | 15 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,711 | 21 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,744 | 21 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,805 | 20 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,778 | 21 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,619 | 25 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,305 | 35 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,419 | 29 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,268 | 35 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,189 | 39 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,245 | 35 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,218 | 36 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,052 | 45 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,227 | 34 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,160 | 38 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,003 | 46 | |
| 1945 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,006 | 44 |
| 1942 | — | #985 | 46 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #872 | 52 |
| 1939 | — | #888 | 49 | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #921 | 47 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #957 | 43 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #832 | 53 |
| 1935 | — | #766 | 65 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #956 | 44 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #788 | 60 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #888 | 52 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #787 | 63 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #718 | 76 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #742 | 72 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #663 | 89 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #690 | 88 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #663 | 90 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #717 | 81 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | #726 | 83 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #701 | 85 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | #666 | 93 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #642 | 100 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #627 | 101 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | #624 | 94 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | #618 | 99 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #564 | 109 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #600 | 94 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #609 | 89 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | #546 | 81 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | #579 | 57 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | #635 | 43 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | #514 | 33 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | #512 | 30 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #590 | 20 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | #475 | 27 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #456 | 24 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | #525 | 19 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | #426 | 23 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | #453 | 18 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #534 | 20 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #399 | 22 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #419 | 19 |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | #349 | 24 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #376 | 22 |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #491 | 14 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #439 | 17 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1890 (#722 → #376)
- Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1895 (#399 → #685)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #349 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1942
- 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%)
- 22.9% of all boys named Elzie (882) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2018, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | #439 (1885) | #548 |
| 1890s | 167 | #349 (1891) | #497 |
| 1900s | 204 | #426 (1902) | #513 |
| 1910s | 729 | #512 (1910) | #580 |
| 1920s | 882 | #627 (1920) | #684 |
| 1930s | 552 | #718 (1930) | #850 |
| 1940s | 426 | #872 (1940) | #1,039 |
| 1950s | 330 | #1,052 (1950) | #1,358 |
| 1960s | 190 | #1,619 (1960) | #1,876 |
| 1970s | 108 | #1,939 (1970) | #3,595 |
| 1980s | 70 | #3,430 (1980) | #4,749 |
| 1990s | 18 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,963 |
| 2000s | 26 | #8,143 (2004) | #9,351 |
| 2010s | 21 | #8,154 (2018) | #9,909 |
| 2020s | 11 | #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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 44,721 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 68.4% 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).
- #1,523Verena23
- #1,523Vernia23
- #1,523Willow23
- #1,571Elzie22
- #1,571Alethea22
- #1,571Alverda22
- #1,571Angelica22
- #1,622Andrew21
- #1,622Arabella21
- #1,622Ardeth21
Tied with 50 names at #1,571; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 9,535 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 86.1% 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).