Elzina — girls' name
183 babies named Elzina in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Elzina was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Elzina in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elzina
The Social Security Administration has registered 183 babies named Elzina between 1889 and 1963, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elzina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elzina performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Elzina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elzina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elzina 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 183 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.
Elzina at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elzina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1889
- Peak year (1917)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
183 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 13 births in a single year.
Elzina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 52 births that decade — 28% of Elzina's all-time total
Elzina decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Elzina's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Elzina by state
Where Elzina concentrates geographically — total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 7 | 3.8% |
7 of 183 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1889–1963 (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.