Elda
Elda was given to 20 girls in 2025, #5,971 among girls’ names; 9,012 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,860 Americans named Elda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 35 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elda mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Elda is “a female given name”
Variation of Ilda.
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elda?
#5,971 among girls’ names, 2025
Elda rose from #6,528 in 2015 to #5,971 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 10.6 to 12.4 per million.
255 babies in 1916, the peak
Elda peaked in 1916, when 255 babies were given it (250 girls, #396 among girls’ names). The 20 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,971 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,462 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,173 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,604 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,617 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,404 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,247 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,761 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,887 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,295 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #6,528 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,263 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,493 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,677 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,606 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,006 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,948 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,327 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,572 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,778 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,990 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,041 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,876 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,729 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,053 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,032 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,278 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,001 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,241 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,967 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,906 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,633 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,802 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,741 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,847 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,751 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,822 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,724 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,716 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,786 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,014 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,350 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,732 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,970 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,420 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,017 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,312 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,526 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,681 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,147 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,208 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,077 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,188 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,147 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,262 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,091 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,144 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,066 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,890 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,266 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,641 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,672 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,493 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 60 | #1,435 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,288 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,557 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 53 | #1,472 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,412 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 56 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 58 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 69 | #1,206 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,414 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,373 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,226 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 69 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 58 | #1,187 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 74 | #1,031 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 79 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 63 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 70 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 71 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 80 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 66 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 75 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 81 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 75 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 91 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 95 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 94 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 117 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 124 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 112 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 155 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1929 | 156 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 183 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1927 | 164 | #553 | 0.14 |
| 1926 | 176 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 188 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 202 | #488 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 208 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1922 | 216 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 243 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 198 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1919 | 236 | #423 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 248 | #418 | 0.21 |
| 1917 | 250 | #400 | 0.23 |
| 1916 | 250 | #396 | 0.24 |
| 1915 | 241 | #389 | 0.24 |
| 1914 | 155 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1913 | 143 | #412 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 118 | #431 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 77 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 73 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 54 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 59 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1907 | 62 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 64 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1905 | 56 | #451 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 54 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 60 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 45 | #466 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 52 | #417 | 0.22 |
| 1900 | 52 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 39 | #472 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 38 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 34 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 46 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1895 | 54 | #381 | 0.23 |
| 1894 | 38 | #452 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 34 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 29 | #506 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 43 | #385 | 0.23 |
| 1890 | 21 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 23 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 27 | #479 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 15 | #594 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 11 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 17 | #527 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 14 | #564 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 14 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 12 | #536 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 6 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 9 | #595 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Elda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elda has been given almost only to girls: 42 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Elda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elda, and how old are they?
2,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 9,012 Americans ever recorded as Elda. The median Elda alive today is 58 years old; half are between 35 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 8,580 people named Elda (8,522 women and girls, 58 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,305 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.6 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 | 424 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 870 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 540 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 462 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 347 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 200 |
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 Elda born?
The states with the most babies named Elda are Texas, Pennsylvania and California, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,211 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 654 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 503 | #2,868 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 281 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Wisconsin | 277 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Missouri | 231 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 196 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kansas | 189 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Minnesota | 178 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Iowa | 161 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Elda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elda is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.5 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 Elda 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 20,223 babies since 1880, Elda is the most given (45% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 145 babies (14%), the third most given that year.
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 Elda
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 Elda and names like it
- Compare Elda and ElidaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sElda peaked in 1916.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elda since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Elda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Elda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.