Elfriede — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elfriede

The Social Security Administration has registered 291 babies named Elfriede between 1912 and 1961, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elfriede currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elfriede performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elfriede shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elfriede in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elfriede 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 291 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.