Elta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,415 babies named Elta between 1881 and 2021, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 319 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Elta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Elta in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elta 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 1,415 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.