Elzie

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to boys 85.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1891 · 24 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,859
since 1880

Elzie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #943, 1891peak #349, 1891girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,13315—
2024#13,4776—
2023#8,98911#10,8216
2022#6,98416—
2021#10,2929#12,1465
2020#12,1427—
2019#12,4487—
2018#13,7936#8,1549
2017——
2016#12,8767—
2015#14,4826—
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011—#10,8086
2010—#10,7666
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005—#11,4725
2004—#8,1438
2003—#9,5816
2002——
2001——
2000—#8,2097
1999——
1998——
1997—#9,2655
1996——
1995——
1994—#8,8005
1993——
1992——
1991——
1990—#5,8238
1989—#5,6158
1988—#5,7517
1987——
1986—#6,7215
1985—#3,80511
1984—#4,2159
1983——
1982—#4,5938
1981—#3,85810
1980—#3,43012
1979—#6,0565
1978—#4,5547
1977—#3,60610
1976—#4,0128
1975—#2,54016
1974—#2,79913
1973—#2,85712
1972—#4,4416
1971—#3,14610
1970—#1,93921
1969—#2,04617
1968—#2,03016
1967—#1,71121
1966—#1,96316
1965—#2,27013
1964—#1,79320
1963—#1,74421
1962—#1,80520
1961—#1,77821
1960—#1,61925
1959—#1,97417
1958—#1,30535
1957#4,9187#1,34534
1956—#1,56825
1955—#1,41929
1954—#1,26835
1953—#1,18939
1952—#1,24535
1951—#1,21836
1950—#1,05245
1949—#1,22734
1948—#1,16038
1947—#1,25234
1946—#1,00346
1945—#99541
1944—#91848
1943#3,2499#1,00644
1942—#98546
1941#3,9546#97143
1940#3,2088#87252
1939—#88849
1938#3,1818#92147
1937#3,4347#95743
1936#3,7016#83253
1935—#76665
1934#3,8026#95644
1933#2,8689#78860
1932#2,23514#88852
1931#2,75010#78763
1930#4,5505#71876
1929#2,58712#74272
1928#2,19416#66389
1927#3,5618#69088
1926#2,16517#66390
1925#2,28316#71781
1924#2,13718#72683
1923#2,09118#70185
1922#1,95720#66693
1921#2,28216#642100
1920#3,3409#627101
1919#1,60425#62494
1918#1,69023#61899
1917#1,77320#564109
1916#1,94917#60094
1915#1,57122#60989
1914#1,48019#54681
1913#1,52815#57957
1912#1,35216#63543
1911#1,24114#51433
1910#1,06917#51230
1909#1,7637#59020
1908#1,26111#47527
1907#1,20611#59118
1906#1,4168#45624
1905#1,23810#52519
1904#1,05012#64713
1903—#43022
1902#1,3208#42623
1901#1,06710#45318
1900#1,7236#53420
1899#1,3946#54813
1898#1,3797#63512
1897#1,5555#51515
1896#1,5835#55114
1895—#68510
1894#1,3536#39922
1893#1,4375#41919
1892—#49716
1891#9439#34924
1890#1,0068#37622
1889—#7228
1888—#48416
1887—#48813
1886#1,1085#49114
1885#1,0475#43917
1884#1,0245#46816
1883—#52712
1882—#6529
1881—#7067
1880—#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elzie was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Elzie is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Elzie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1890 (#722 → #376)
  • Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1895 (#399 → #685)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #349 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,216
  • Highest: 1 in 4,216 boys born in 1891 were named Elzie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Elzie (882) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
  • Mostly boys until 2018, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s125#439 (1885)#548
1890s167#349 (1891)#497
1900s204#426 (1902)#513
1910s729#512 (1910)#580
1920s882#627 (1920)#684
1930s552#718 (1930)#850
1940s426#872 (1940)#1,039
1950s330#1,052 (1950)#1,358
1960s190#1,619 (1960)#1,876
1970s108#1,939 (1970)#3,595
1980s70#3,430 (1980)#4,749
1990s18#5,823 (1990)#7,963
2000s26#8,143 (2004)#9,351
2010s21#8,154 (2018)#9,909
2020s11#10,821 (2023)#11,484

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elzie in 1894

girls
#1,353
6 births · 1 in 37,154 girls
boys
#399
22 births · 1 in 5,262 boys

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #1,353Elzie6

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #399Elzie22
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 37,154 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 20.5% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elzie
  1. #1,237Zelpha7
  2. #1,237Zeta7
  3. #1,237Zillah7
  4. #1,353Elzie6
  5. #1,353Adelheid6
  6. #1,353Alfrieda6
  7. #1,353Alla6
  8. #1,485Abby5
  9. #1,485Abelina5
  10. #1,485Adelaida5

Tied with 131 names at #1,353; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 5,262 of them was named Elzie, which outranked 67.8% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elzie
  1. #387Royal23
  2. #387Ted23
  3. #387Wilmer23
  4. #399Elzie22
  5. #399Allie22
  6. #399Early22
  7. #399Gabriel22
  8. #412Elliott21
  9. #412Haywood21
  10. #412Irwin21

Tied with 12 names at #399; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1894 →