Elby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Elby

The Social Security Administration has registered 261 babies named Elby between 1886 and 2021, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elby performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Elby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elby 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 261 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.