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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #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 1941

girls
#3,954
6 births · 1 in 201,353 girls
boys
#971
43 births · 1 in 28,566 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #3,954Elzie6

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #971Elzie43
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 201,353 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 22.2% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elzie
  1. #3,559Willadene7
  2. #3,559Wretha7
  3. #3,559Yvetta7
  4. #3,954Elzie6
  5. #3,954Adair6
  6. #3,954Adda6
  7. #3,954Adelene6
  8. #4,420Adah5
  9. #4,420Adonna5
  10. #4,420Adra5

Tied with 465 names at #3,954; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 2,130Jerilyn#2,737#607
  2. 1,258Trina#2,109#851
  3. 372Karan#1,347#975
  4. 371Kristine#1,313#942
  5. 356Sherri#1,186#830
Fallers
  1. 447Kenneth#971#1,418
  2. 421Janna#997#1,418
  3. 366Beatriz#989#1,355
  4. 338Merna#997#1,335
  5. 337Eldora#957#1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 28,566 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 75.7% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elzie
  1. #960Leamon44
  2. #960Martha44
  3. #960Obie44
  4. #971Elzie43
  5. #971Bertrand43
  6. #971Brendan43
  7. #971Clare43
  8. #987Barrie42
  9. #987Bernice42
  10. #987Clovis42

Tied with 15 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 586Gay#1,573#987
  2. 375Issac#1,251#876
  3. 363Otho#1,334#971
  4. 338Lawrance#1,208#870
  5. 313Ford#1,251#938
Fallers
  1. 508Wilkie#792#1,300
  2. 452Arlis#994#1,446
  3. 394Ruby#939#1,333
  4. 359Gonzalo#850#1,209
  5. 325Lenord#929#1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941