Elner — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elner

The Social Security Administration has registered 393 babies named Elner between 1904 and 1950, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elner currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elner performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elner shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elner in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elner 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 393 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.