Elza

Boy · recorded 1880–1990

  • 1990last recorded
  • 1880best year

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

Last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Elza.

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 1880

011322618801908193519631990

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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 95 recorded years as a table
Elza, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880226
1881139
1882123
1883172
1884210
1885139
1886172
1887158
1888141
1889199
1890135
1891178
1892139
1893160
1894130
1895162
1896159
189789
189873
189985
1900106
1901131
190290
190342
190494
1905121
190683
190789
190884
190949
191057
191175
191267
191366
191455
191552
191655
191749
191864
191956
192062
192157
192262
192346
192452
192534
192643
192751
192832
192936
193039
193134
193239
193327
193424
193539
193626
193729
193822
193929
194018
194114
194214
194315
194418
194516
19469
19479
194810
194911
19506
19518
19527
19536
19545
19558
19567
19578
19582
19595
19604
19615
19624
19634
19644
19664
19684
19694
19703
19714
19726
19763
19873
19884
19903

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elza 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1990
6
Rank in 1990
#7,178
How rare
1 in 342,339 boys
Since 1880
2,111

Elza was last recorded in 1990. 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 1880, at 226 per million boys born.

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

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