Elgie

Girl · recorded 1889–1949

  • 1949last recorded
  • 1889best year

Most popular in 1889.

Last recorded in 1949. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

Checking your shortlist…

Compare

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 1889

0234518891904191919341949

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 54 recorded years as a table
Elgie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188945
189143
189224
189333
189526
189625
189738
189819
189930
190017
190227
190327
190429
190534
190624
190725
190923
191117
191213
191311
191411
191514
191613
191711
191810
191915
19208
192112
19227
192310
192411
192510
192615
192718
192815
192912
193013
193110
193215
193318
193411
19358
19369
19389
193910
194010
19415
19424
19436
19445
19454
19463
19475
19494

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 1949
6
Rank in 1949
#4,673
How rare
1 in 285,146 girls
Since 1889
529

Elgie was last recorded in 1949. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1889, at 45 per million girls 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.