# Elza (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elza/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,942 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,111 / 831 (28% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 121, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Altered form of Elsey.

## 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 | 10,622 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,338 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,196 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,853 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,738 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,715 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,509 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,607 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,260 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,130 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,773 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,071 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,762 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,350 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,226 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8 | 3,164 |
| 1961 | 10 | 2,762 |
| 1962 | 9 | 2,910 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3,134 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,376 |
| 1966 | 7 | 3,325 |
| 1968 | 7 | 3,459 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,703 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,396 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,102 |
| 1972 | 9 | 3,423 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,871 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,300 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,962 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,446 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Elza

- Elza Soares, Brazilian musician (1930–2022)

## 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.