Elta
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,415since 1881
Elta over time
Rank among girls' names. Elta has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
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| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,384 | 34 |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,227 | 42 |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 |
| 1917 | #1,183 | 37 |
| 1916 | #1,087 | 42 |
| 1915 | #1,012 | 43 |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 |
| 1907 | #760 | 24 |
| 1906 | #895 | 17 |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 |
| 1890 | #727 | 14 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Elta! It came in at #539, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Elta is popular in 1909
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Elta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1904 (#1,204 → #805)
- Biggest drop: 540 spots in 1909 (#829 → #1,369)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #539 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1885–1901
- Highest: 1 in 9,195 girls born in 1881 were named Elta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 22.5% of all girls named Elta (319) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #539 (1881) | #721 |
| 1890s | 162 | #666 (1898) | #772 |
| 1900s | 166 | #760 (1907) | #954 |
| 1910s | 319 | #938 (1912) | #1,104 |
| 1920s | 313 | #1,227 (1924) | #1,475 |
| 1930s | 196 | #1,470 (1933) | #1,812 |
| 1940s | 131 | #2,060 (1945) | #2,652 |
| 1950s | 31 | #4,315 (1950) | #5,145 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,479 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #15,539 (2019) | #15,539 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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.
Elta in 1909
Top girls' names in 1909
More about 1909
girls
347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 34,723 of them was named Elta, which outranked 46.3% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,290Vivienne11
- #1,290Willis11
- #1,290Zettie11
- #1,369Elta10
- #1,369Albert10
- #1,369Angelena10
- #1,369Arlena10
- #1,471Aldine9
- #1,471Alexandra9
- #1,471Alvie9
Tied with 101 names at #1,369; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.