# Elda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,012 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 42 / 8,970 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 59, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,611 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,680 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,497 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,265 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,530 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,299 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,891 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,766 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,251 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,408 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,622 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,609 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,178 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,465 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,972 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 6 | 2,355 |
| 1916 | 5 | 4,093 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,339 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4,490 |
| 1926 | 5 | 4,392 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,371 |
| 1928 | 6 | 3,828 |
| 1931 | 5 | 3,934 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Elda

- Elda Emma Anderson, American physicist (1899-1961)
- Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist and actress (1885–1966)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.