Elba
Elba was given to 8 girls in 2025, #11,203 among girls’ names; 3,706 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,350 Americans named Elba and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 37 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elba by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elba mean?
Wiktionary, Portuguese section
Elba is “a female given name”
/ˈɛw.bɐ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Portuguese section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elba?
#11,203 among girls’ names, 2025
Elba fell from #11,155 in 2015 to #11,203 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born held at 5.0 per million.
82 babies in 1956, the peak
Elba peaked in 1956, when 82 girls were given it, #1,143 among girls’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,203 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,743 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,152 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,740 | 8.5 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,399 | 4.9 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,909 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,277 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,011 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,559 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,085 | 4.5 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | #11,155 | 5.0 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,361 | 5.6 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,717 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,906 | 4.0 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,466 | 5.1 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,965 | 6.2 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,743 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,505 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,482 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,816 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,347 | 10.3 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,567 | 9.8 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,970 | 8.8 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,214 | 10.0 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,342 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,362 | 11.6 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,762 | 13.0 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,194 | 11.3 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,955 | 9.2 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,860 | 16.0 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,383 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,516 | 9.5 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,289 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,433 | 17.4 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,045 | 19.7 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,653 | 23.2 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,056 | 19.0 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,103 | 18.0 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,445 | 15.0 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,865 | 19.2 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,501 | 22.7 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,899 | 11.9 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,605 | 20.4 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,195 | 27.2 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,866 | 18.6 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,498 | 22.9 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,093 | 29.9 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,320 | 25.5 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,316 | 25.4 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,146 | 27.3 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,145 | 27.4 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,310 | 23.2 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,187 | 24.7 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,032 | 25.6 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,781 | 30.1 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,661 | 32.0 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,940 | 24.9 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,783 | 26.8 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,512 | 33.3 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,372 | 37.8 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,625 | 27.2 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,562 | 28.0 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,820 | 21.3 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,364 | 33.6 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,454 | 29.2 |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,409 | 30.2 |
| 1959 | 60 | #1,386 | 29.7 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,515 | 24.9 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,495 | 24.9 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,143 | 40.8 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,556 | 22.0 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,351 | 28.3 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,276 | 30.8 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,588 | 20.0 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,416 | 24.4 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,553 | 21.0 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,673 | 18.7 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,965 | 14.1 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,301 | 10.7 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,109 | 12.7 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,762 | 17.6 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,761 | 17.3 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,012 | 13.6 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,239 | 11.8 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,761 | 17.4 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,793 | 8.7 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,901 | 16.4 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,477 | 10.9 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,021 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,066 | 14.4 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,230 | 13.4 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,352 | 27.8 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,414 | 26.8 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,893 | 16.9 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,463 | 11.3 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,443 | 25.8 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,775 | 18.8 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,797 | 19.1 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,431 | 26.8 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,637 | 21.9 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,957 | 16.4 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,703 | 10.4 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,043 | 15.7 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,585 | 23.3 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,068 | 15.4 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,385 | 27.5 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,459 | 25.7 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,263 | 31.1 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,482 | 24.0 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,415 | 25.9 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,376 | 27.4 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,934 | 17.1 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,240 | 33.6 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,435 | 26.9 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,194 | 35.9 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,820 | 20.2 |
| 1909 | 17 | #998 | 49.0 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,724 | 20.9 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,423 | 28.3 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,359 | 30.5 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,453 | 27.4 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,968 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,085 | 42.0 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,038 | 45.4 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,381 | 29.2 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,781 | 20.0 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,458 | 25.7 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,119 | 38.6 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,055 | 42.7 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,236 | 33.6 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,664 | 21.4 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,209 | 32.9 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,032 | 42.4 |
| 1891 | 13 | #761 | 70.1 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,248 | 31.5 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,177 | 33.6 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,343 | 28.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Elba a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,706 Americans recorded as Elba, 92% are girls and 8% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Elba: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elba, and how old are they?
2,350 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 3,706 Americans ever recorded as Elba. The median Elba alive today is 54 years old; half are between 37 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 11,747 people named Elba (11,599 women and girls, 148 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,463 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 114 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 717 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 668 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 487 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 240 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 117 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elba born?
The states with the most babies named Elba are New York, California and New Jersey, with 90% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 922 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| California | 405 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New Jersey | 99 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 86 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 55 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Oklahoma | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Elba is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elba is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elba with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,769 babies since 1880, Elba is the most given (98% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elba
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elba and names like it
- Compare Elba and ElbiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sElba peaked in 1956.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elba since 1910.
- Portuguese namesWiktionary’s origin for Elba: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Elba.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elba alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.