Elzo — boys' name
36 babies named Elzo in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Elzo was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Elzo in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elzo
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Elzo between 1915 and 1924, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elzo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elzo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elzo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elzo 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 36 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.
Elzo at a glance
Last recorded 1924Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elzo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1915
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1924.
36 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 9 births in a single year.
Elzo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 21 births that decade — 58% of Elzo's all-time total
Elzo decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elzo's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 1915–1924 (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.