Elbira — girls' name
18 babies named Elbira in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Elbira was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Elbira in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elbira
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Elbira between 1921 and 1930, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elbira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elbira performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elbira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elbira in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elbira 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 18 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.
Elbira at a glance
Last recorded 1930Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elbira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1921
- Peak year (1930)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1930.
18 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 7 births in a single year.
Elbira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 61% of Elbira's all-time total
Elbira decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elbira's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Elbira by state
Where Elbira concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 55.6% |
10 of 18 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 55.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 55.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–1930 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.