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Elza

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Elza has been given to 2,942 babies in the U.S. since 1880. 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 1922, with 68 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% boys, 28% girls all-time.

Babies named Elza, 1990

1 in 658,000

Elza over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Elza over time

In 2025, Elza went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802025

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.

Elza: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elza means

Elza is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Elza is used in English and Latvian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,111 boys were recorded with the name Elza between 1880 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 68 in 1922; its best national rank was #343 in 1880.

In the United States, 831 girls were recorded with the name Elza between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1921; its best national rank was #961 in 1883.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,125 in 2020 to #11,222 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,735 in 2015 to #11,222 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Elza?

Elza had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990
1 in 658,000
6 of 3,949,959 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1990
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
456,318 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elza 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 1990 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 456,318 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elza. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elzas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elza was born before 1923 — so the typical Elza is around 102 today.

Median birth year
1923
About 102 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
24.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
3.1%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
233
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1920s — 24.8% of all recorded uses (523).

Is Elza 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 1922 (68)
Years since peak
103
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#343
1880

Spellings of Elza

Elza is not the most common spelling — Eli is, with 29.2% against Elza's 0.40%.

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 Elza is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Elza was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 96,406 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 14,286
  2. 2West Virginia1 in 25,000
  3. 3Missouri1 in 50,000
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 50,000
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8Illinois1 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. Elza has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Elza is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Elza was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,601,278 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

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. Elza has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elza around the world

Where Elza ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2014–2014
    #752
    in 2014
  • France
    1900–2025
    #2,431
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1945–2003
    #739
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Elza

People whose public names include Elza, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Elza in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Elza. Linked forms have their own page here.

ElsaElzeElzė

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Elza 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
#343
1880
Peak year
1922
68 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
1990
All-time count
2,111
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,222
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,097
Best rank ever
#961
1883
Peak year
1921
22 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
831
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Elza

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

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Names with a curve like Elza

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Elza, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Elza

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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