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Elgie

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Diminutive of Adelheid

Elgie has been given to 1,343 babies in the U.S. since 1884. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1918, with 32 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.

Babies named Elgie, 1984

1 in 581,000

Elgie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Elgie over time

In 1984, Elgie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18841984

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Elgie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Adelheid

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elgie means

Elgie is a diminutive of Adelheid.

Origin, language, and formation

Elgie is used in East Central German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adelheid.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 814 boys were recorded with the name Elgie between 1884 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 32 in 1918; its best national rank was #843 in 1888.

In the United States, 529 girls were recorded with the name Elgie between 1889 and 1949. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1927; its best national rank was #969 in 1889.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Elgie?

Elgie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1984, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1984
1 in 581,000
6 of 3,488,451 births
Among boys only
1 in 301,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1984
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
403,003 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elgie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1984 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 403,003 children born in 1984 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elgie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elgies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elgie was born before 1932 — so the typical Elgie is around 93 today.

Median birth year
1932
About 93 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
23.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
10.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
183
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1920s — 23.3% of all recorded uses (190).

Is Elgie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1918 (32)
Years since peak
107
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#843
1888

Spellings of Elgie

Elgie is not the most common spelling — Eddie is, with 38.4% against Elgie's 0.15%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Elgie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Elgie was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,287,579 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in —
  2. 2Tennessee1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Elgie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Elgie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Elgie was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 76,343 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Elgie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elgie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#843
1888
Peak year
1918
32 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
814
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#969
1889
Peak year
1927
21 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
1949
All-time count
529
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Elgie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Elgie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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