Elfreda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elfreda

The Social Security Administration has registered 934 babies named Elfreda between 1887 and 1978, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elfreda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elfreda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 222 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Elfreda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Elfreda in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elfreda 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 934 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.