Elba*
#2,986 most common girls' name of all time · #5,130 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1888–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,986
Rank overall
#5,130 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
3,706
Since 2016
86
Peak year
1956 #1,148
Best rank
#795 1891
Girls
Boys
peak 82/yr
Elba first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,974 |
| 2024 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,590 |
| 2023 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,019 |
| 2022 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,645 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,202 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,509 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,854 |
| 2018 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,835 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,978 |
| 2016 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,821 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,905 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,164 |
| 2013 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,599 |
| 2012 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,523 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,218 |
| 2010 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,820 |
| 2009 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,497 |
| 2008 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,436 |
| 2007 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,416 |
| 2006 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,642 |
| 2005 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,264 |
| 2004 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,505 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,910 |
| 2002 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,146 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,222 |
| 2000 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,327 |
| 1999 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,729 |
| 1998 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,146 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,896 |
| 1996 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,839 |
| 1995 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,358 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1993 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,276 |
| 1992 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,425 |
| 1991 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,043 |
| 1990 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,643 |
| 1989 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,049 |
| 1988 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,105 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,434 |
| 1986 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,853 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,493 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,884 |
| 1983 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,603 |
| 1982 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,192 |
| 1981 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,861 |
| 1980 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,495 |
| 1979 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,089 |
| 1978 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,315 |
| 1977 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,311 |
| 1976 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,144 |
| 1975 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,144 |
| 1974 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,305 |
| 1973 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,180 |
| 1972 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #2,033 |
| 1971 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,782 |
| 1970 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,656 |
| 1969 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,932 |
| 1968 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,781 |
| 1967 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,512 |
| 1966 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,370 |
| 1965 | 48 | 5 | 53 | #1,627 |
| 1964 | 53 | 5 | 58 | #1,564 |
| 1963 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,825 |
| 1962 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,361 |
| 1961 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1960 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,408 |
| 1959 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,517 |
| 1957 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,498 |
| 1956 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,148 |
| 1955 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,564 |
| 1954 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,352 |
| 1953 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,585 |
| 1951 | 44 | 8 | 52 | #1,424 |
| 1950 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,556 |
| 1949 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1948 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,971 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,300 |
| 1946 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,115 |
| 1945 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,762 |
| 1944 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,755 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,026 |
| 1942 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #2,240 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,766 |
| 1940 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #2,800 |
| 1939 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #1,907 |
| 1938 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #2,482 |
| 1937 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #2,033 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,069 |
| 1935 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #2,239 |
| 1934 | 29 | 12 | 41 | #1,357 |
| 1933 | 27 | 8 | 35 | #1,412 |
| 1932 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #1,910 |
| 1931 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #2,471 |
| 1930 | 29 | 9 | 38 | #1,445 |
| 1929 | 21 | 11 | 32 | #1,787 |
| 1928 | 22 | 7 | 29 | #1,811 |
| 1927 | 32 | 7 | 39 | #1,438 |
| 1926 | 26 | 13 | 39 | #1,643 |
| 1925 | 20 | 18 | 38 | #1,959 |
| 1924 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #2,701 |
| 1923 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #2,040 |
| 1922 | 28 | 11 | 39 | #1,592 |
| 1921 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #2,067 |
| 1920 | 33 | 16 | 49 | #1,394 |
| 1919 | 29 | 13 | 42 | #1,463 |
| 1918 | 36 | 12 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1917 | 26 | 8 | 34 | #1,489 |
| 1916 | 27 | 9 | 36 | #1,432 |
| 1915 | 27 | 8 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1914 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #1,941 |
| 1913 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #1,253 |
| 1912 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #1,451 |
| 1911 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #1,216 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,850 |
| 1909 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,006 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,758 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,463 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,375 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,487 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,989 |
| 1903 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #1,123 |
| 1902 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,062 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,420 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,812 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,507 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,156 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,088 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,277 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,703 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,247 |
| 1892 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #1,078 |
| 1891 | 13 | — | 13 | #795 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,305 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,259 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,421 |