Elba · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Elba.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1892

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 36 recorded years as a table

Elba, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1892	41
1903	42
1911	27
1912	12
1913	10
1914	18
1915	9
1916	10
1917	9
1918	12
1919	13
1920	15
1921	9
1922	10
1923	5
1924	11
1925	16
1926	12
1927	6
1928	6
1929	10
1930	8
1931	7
1932	6
1933	8
1934	12
1935	6
1937	7
1938	7
1939	5
1940	9
1942	7
1951	4
1964	3
1965	3
1972	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elba isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Elba

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1972: 6
Rank in 1972: #4,441
How rare: 1 in 270,268 boys
Since 1892: 313

Elba was last recorded in 1972. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1903, at 42 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Elba doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.