Elzy — boys' name
396 babies named Elzy in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Elzy was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Elzy in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elzy
The Social Security Administration has registered 396 babies named Elzy between 1885 and 1970, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elzy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elzy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Elzy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elzy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elzy 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 396 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.
Elzy at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elzy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1885
- Peak year (1919)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
396 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 17 births in a single year.
Elzy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 124 births that decade — 31% of Elzy's all-time total
Elzy decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elzy's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Elzy by state
Where Elzy concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 396 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 1.3% 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, 1885–1970 (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.