Elra — boys' name
51 babies named Elra in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Elra was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Elra in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elra
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Elra between 1914 and 1935, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elra currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elra performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elra 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 51 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.
Elra at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1914
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
51 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 8 births in a single year.
Elra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 22 births that decade — 43% of Elra's all-time total
Elra decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elra's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1935 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.