Elda — #6370 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elda

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,950 babies named Elda between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elda currently holds the #6370 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 250 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,934 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,211 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Elda in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elda 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 8,950 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.