Elzora — girls' name
567 babies named Elzora in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Elzora was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Elzora in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elzora
The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Elzora between 1887 and 1953, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elzora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elzora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Elzora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Elzora in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elzora 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 567 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.
Elzora at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elzora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1887
- Peak year (1927)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
567 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 24 births in a single year.
Elzora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 171 births that decade — 30% of Elzora's all-time total
Elzora decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 144 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elzora's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Elzora by state
Where Elzora concentrates geographically — total births since 1887
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 1.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 1.8% 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, 1887–1953 (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.