Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elzie*

#1,859 most common boys' name of all time · #4,489 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,859
Rank overall
#4,489 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
4,531
Since 2016
104
Peak year
1917 #564
Best rank
#355 1891
Girls Boys peak 129/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Elzie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 15 15
2024 6 6
2023 11 6 17 #10,836
2022 16 16
2021 9 5 14 #12,172
2020 7 7
2019 7 7
2018 6 9 15 #8,165
2016 7 7
2015 6 6
2011 6 6 #10,827
2010 6 6 #10,785
2005 5 5 #11,490
2004 8 8 #8,157
2003 6 6 #9,600
2000 7 7 #8,223
1997 5 5 #9,281
1994 5 5 #8,818
1990 8 8 #5,840
1989 8 8 #5,631
1988 7 7 #5,774
1986 5 5 #6,754
1985 11 11 #3,814
1984 9 9 #4,227
1982 8 8 #4,607
1981 10 10 #3,871
1980 12 12 #3,438
1979 5 5 #6,093
1978 7 7 #4,571
1977 10 10 #3,618
1976 8 8 #4,030
1975 16 16 #2,546
1974 13 13 #2,803
1973 12 12 #2,871
1972 6 6 #4,458
1971 10 10 #3,163
1970 21 21 #1,943
1969 17 17 #2,052
1968 16 16 #2,036
1967 21 21 #1,714
1966 16 16 #1,970
1965 13 13 #2,283
1964 20 20 #1,801
1963 21 21 #1,753
1962 20 20 #1,810
1961 21 21 #1,781
1960 25 25 #1,624
1959 17 17 #1,983
1958 35 35 #1,308
1957 7 34 41 #1,347
1956 25 25 #1,572
1955 29 29 #1,423
1954 35 35 #1,270
1953 39 39 #1,193
1952 35 35 #1,249
1951 36 36 #1,220
1950 45 45 #1,053
1949 34 34 #1,229
1948 38 38 #1,163
1947 34 34 #1,254
1946 46 46 #1,006
1945 41 41 #995
1944 48 48 #920
1943 9 44 53 #1,009
1942 46 46 #986
1941 6 43 49 #977
1940 8 52 60 #875
1939 49 49 #890
1938 8 47 55 #921
1937 7 43 50 #957
1936 6 53 59 #833
1935 65 65 #768
1934 6 44 50 #961
1933 9 60 69 #791
1932 14 52 66 #893
1931 10 63 73 #789
1930 5 76 81 #718
1929 12 72 84 #744
1928 16 89 105 #666
1927 8 88 96 #691
1926 17 90 107 #665
1925 16 81 97 #719
1924 18 83 101 #728
1923 18 85 103 #702
1922 20 93 113 #668
1921 16 100 116 #644
1920 9 101 110 #627
1919 25 94 119 #624
1918 23 99 122 #618
1917 20 109 129 #564
1916 17 94 111 #601
1915 22 89 111 #611
1914 19 81 100 #549
1913 15 57 72 #582
1912 16 43 59 #636
1911 14 33 47 #520
1910 17 30 47 #516
1909 7 20 27 #601
1908 11 27 38 #480
1907 11 18 29 #596
1906 8 24 32 #461
1905 10 19 29 #535
1904 12 13 25 #657
1903 22 22 #441
1902 8 23 31 #433
1901 10 18 28 #457
1900 6 20 26 #542
1899 6 13 19 #565
1898 7 12 19 #645
1897 5 15 20 #530
1896 5 14 19 #568
1895 10 10 #695
1894 6 22 28 #409
1893 5 19 24 #426
1892 16 16 #510
1891 9 24 33 #355
1890 8 22 30 #381
1889 8 8 #745
1888 16 16 #496
1887 13 13 #502
1886 5 14 19 #499
1885 5 17 22 #453
1884 5 16 21 #482
1883 12 12 #537
1882 9 9 #661
1881 7 7 #720
1880 13 13 #509