Elba
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,441
Given to girls 91.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,393since 1888
Elba over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,088 | 48 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,022 | 39 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,653 | 56 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,368 | 64 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,622 | 48 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,512 | 50 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,141 | 82 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,784 | 22 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #1,423 | 32 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Elba! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Elba is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#344 · 1 in 2,995
- California#969 · 1 in 17,380
Best ever in a state: #344 in New York, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #344 | 55 | 1 in 2,995 |
| California | #969 | 9 | 1 in 17,380 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elba
- 1,361 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #10,917)
- 2,536 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #10,917)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 686 spots in 1909 (#1,676 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 783 spots in 1910 (#990 → #1,773)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1891 at #750 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1891–1909
- Highest: 1 in 14,268 girls born in 1891 were named Elba (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.7% of all girls named Elba (533) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1940, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,212 |
| 1890s | 74 | #750 (1891) | #1,165 |
| 1900s | 91 | #990 (1909) | #1,383 |
| 1910s | 217 | #1,171 (1911) | #1,444 |
| 1920s | 233 | #1,375 (1920) | #1,822 |
| 1930s | 190 | #1,344 (1934) | #1,905 |
| 1940s | 207 | #1,666 (1949) | #2,017 |
| 1950s | 516 | #1,141 (1956) | #1,425 |
| 1960s | 533 | #1,359 (1962) | #1,579 |
| 1970s | 421 | #1,653 (1970) | #2,088 |
| 1980s | 334 | #2,185 (1982) | #2,888 |
| 1990s | 264 | #2,640 (1990) | #4,269 |
| 2000s | 157 | #5,312 (2000) | #7,613 |
| 2010s | 88 | #8,580 (2013) | #11,532 |
| 2020s | 57 | #7,631 (2022) | #10,282 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elba in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 24,484 of them was named Elba, which outranked 83.4% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,133Lolita83
- #1,133Regenia83
- #1,133Trena83
- #1,141Elba82
- #1,141Amalia82
- #1,141Claudine82
- #1,141Corina82
- #1,151Candyce81
- #1,151Estela81
- #1,151Lissa81
Tied with 9 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.