Elberta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elberta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,750 babies named Elberta between 1883 and 1979, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elberta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elberta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Elberta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Elberta in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elberta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,750 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.