Elza
Elza was the 11226th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 961st; the most babies were born in 1921 (22). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,488 places. More babies were named Elza in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,226 girls, down 2,096 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192122 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,942babies recorded
Elza popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,226 | — | 8 | — |
| 2020 | #9,130 | — | 11 | — |
| 2010 | #10,652 | — | 10 | — |
| 2000 | #12,185 | — | 7 | — |
| 1990 | #13,620 | #7,446 | 5 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | #6,540 | #4,396 | 7 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | #3,164 | — | 8 |
| 1950 | #5,534 | #2,481 | 5 | 10 |
| 1940 | — | #1,490 | — | 21 |
| 1930 | #2,134 | #1,058 | 16 | 43 |
| 1920 | #2,301 | #828 | 16 | 66 |
| 1910 | #1,822 | #1,001 | 8 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,478 | #633 | 8 | 16 |
| 1890 | — | #495 | — | 15 |
| 1880 | — | #343 | — | 25 |
How popular is Elza, counting every spelling?
Elza has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Elza?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Elza (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Elza born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Elza.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Elza?
About 400 people born in the US named Elza are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 8 and 43. That makes Elza mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Elza
How popular is the name Elza?
Elza was the 11226th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked 961st; the most babies were born in 1921 (22). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,488 places. More babies were named Elza in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Elza a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Elza in the US.