Elza
Elza was last recorded in 2025, when 8 babies were given it; 2,942 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2025 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elza by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elza mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elza is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elza?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #7,438, in 1990; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
85 babies in 1921, the peak
Elza peaked in 1921, when 85 babies were given it (63 boys, #878 among boys’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,222 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,346 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,757 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,066 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,768 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,125 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,256 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,603 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,505 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,712 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #7,735 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,851 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,191 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,334 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,617 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,646 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,143 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,886 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,340 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,973 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,904 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,451 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,177 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,571 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,151 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,747 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,614 | 6 | #7,438 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 7 | #5,956 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 5 | #7,293 | |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,296 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,489 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,859 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,721 | 5 | #5,869 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,160 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 9 | #3,421 | |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,174 | 7 | #4,100 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,539 | 6 | #4,394 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 7 | #3,702 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 7 | #3,458 | |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,275 | 7 | #3,324 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,059 | 7 | #3,375 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 8 | #3,133 | |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,855 | 9 | #2,909 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 10 | #2,761 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 8 | #3,163 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 10 | #2,704 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 5 | #4,121 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 17 | #1,975 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 15 | #2,116 | |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,379 | 17 | #1,920 |
| 1954 | under 5 | 10 | #2,635 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 12 | #2,322 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 13 | #2,179 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 16 | #1,928 | |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,532 | 10 | #2,480 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 19 | #1,718 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 17 | #1,838 | |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,480 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 14 | #1,974 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 21 | #1,458 | |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,203 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1943 | under 5 | 22 | #1,499 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 20 | #1,600 | |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,095 | 17 | #1,711 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 21 | #1,490 | |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,544 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,975 | 24 | #1,375 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 31 | #1,190 | |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,189 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,236 | 41 | #999 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 25 | #1,367 | |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,521 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,883 | 41 | #1,041 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,132 | 35 | #1,155 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,133 | 43 | #1,058 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,624 | 39 | #1,116 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,934 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,957 | 57 | #901 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,097 | 48 | #996 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,461 | 38 | #1,149 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,943 | 59 | #908 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,627 | 50 | #986 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,022 | 68 | #822 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,882 | 63 | #878 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,301 | 66 | #828 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,416 | 55 | #901 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,307 | 65 | #810 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,023 | 45 | #968 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,891 | 49 | #900 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,292 | 44 | #944 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,939 | 36 | #911 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,802 | 34 | #823 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,455 | 29 | #818 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,276 | 17 | #801 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,822 | 11 | #1,000 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,647 | 8 | #1,106 |
| 1908 | under 5 | 13 | #756 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 13 | #754 | |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,801 | 11 | #775 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,457 | 16 | #600 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,119 | 12 | #698 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,875 | 5 | #1,174 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,872 | 11 | #702 |
| 1901 | under 5 | 14 | #541 | |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,477 | 16 | #633 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,674 | 9 | #734 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,411 | 9 | #766 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,300 | 10 | #693 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,156 | 19 | #469 |
| 1895 | under 5 | 19 | #460 | |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,270 | 15 | #524 |
| 1893 | under 5 | 18 | #437 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 17 | #483 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 18 | #417 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 15 | #495 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 22 | #382 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 17 | #471 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 16 | #427 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 19 | #405 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 15 | #486 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 24 | #363 | |
| 1883 | 5 | #961 | 18 | #417 |
| 1882 | under 5 | 14 | #499 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 14 | #469 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 25 | #343 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Elza a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,942 Americans recorded as Elza, 28% are girls and 72% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Elza: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elza, and how old are they?
An estimated 685 Americans named Elza and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (23% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 13 and 74. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,703 people named Elza (1,298 women and girls, 405 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 761 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elza born?
The states with the most babies named Elza are Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia, with 60% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Missouri and West Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 195 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Missouri | 75 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| West Virginia | 59 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 45 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 41 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 39 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 28 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Arkansas | 17 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| California | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Elza is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elza is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elza with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 8,039 babies since 1880, Elza is the second most given (37% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 23 babies (35%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elza
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Mannie | 1,559 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elza and names like it
- Compare Elza and ElzieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sElza peaked in 1921.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elza since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Elza.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Elza alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.