Elgie · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Elgie.

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 1884

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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 67 recorded years as a table

Elgie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1884	44
1888	58
1890	45
1895	43
1901	47
1907	48
1909	30
1912	21
1913	27
1914	23
1915	21
1916	22
1917	15
1918	32
1919	21
1920	15
1921	19
1922	20
1923	20
1924	18
1925	22
1926	18
1927	10
1928	17
1929	13
1930	11
1931	16
1932	14
1933	17
1934	18
1935	17
1936	15
1937	12
1938	10
1939	6
1940	13
1941	9
1942	9
1943	11
1944	6
1945	8
1946	7
1947	4
1948	5
1949	8
1950	6
1951	5
1952	5
1953	4
1954	5
1955	5
1956	7
1957	6
1958	4
1959	3
1960	3
1961	4
1962	2
1964	5
1966	7
1967	3
1969	4
1970	3
1972	4
1977	4
1982	4
1984	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elgie 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 Elgie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1984: 6
Rank in 1984: #5,561
How rare: 1 in 300,808 boys
Since 1884: 814

Elgie was last recorded in 1984. 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 1888, at 58 per million boys born.

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

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