Girls' name · since 1918
Elfreida
Elfreida has 63 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,282 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Elfreida is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 63 have been recorded since 1918.
Elfreida has 63 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1960.
- #32,282 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 63 born since 1918
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elfreida ranks #32,282 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 1918, peaking in the 1950s.
- #32,282 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Elfreida's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elfreida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elfreida's SSA record in two at 1937 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elfreida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1960
- Peak year (1958)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Elfreida by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (22 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Elfreida's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Elfreida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 22 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Elfreida's decade-level peak was the 1950s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elfreida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1960 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elfreida draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.