Meaning not yet researched.
Elda: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 20 in 2025. Its best rank was #381 in 1895.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #381 in 1895; #5,972 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elda in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,972 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1895, at #381.
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Elda: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 20 girls in 2025. Peak: #381 in 1895 · most girls in one year: 250 (1917).
In 2025, 20 US girls were named Elda, making it the 5,972nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 493 places from #6,465 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 18 girls named Elda in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #381, reached in 1895. The most girls given the name in a single year was 250, in 1917. For comparison, it was #6,530 in 2015 and #1,109 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elda in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 9 babies with the name. In all, 9,012 US babies have been given the name, 99.5% of them girls and 0.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,955 babies named Elda.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 146 US girls were named Elda; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 80,363 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Alda (4,976 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ilda and Eldina are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ilda (1,522), Eldina (24).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Elda in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,972 | — | — |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,465 | — | — |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,178 | — | — |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,609 | — | — |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,622 | — | — |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,408 | — | — |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,251 | — | — |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,766 | — | — |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,891 | — | — |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,299 | — | — |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,530 | — | — |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,265 | — | — |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,497 | — | — |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,680 | — | — |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,611 | — | — |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,009 | — | — |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,950 | — | — |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,330 | — | — |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,575 | — | — |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,780 | — | — |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,994 | — | — |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,045 | — | — |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,881 | — | — |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,733 | — | — |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,058 | — | — |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,037 | — | — |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,284 | — | — |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,005 | — | — |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,244 | — | — |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,972 | — | — |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,911 | — | — |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,638 | — | — |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,807 | — | — |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,746 | — | — |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,853 | — | — |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,756 | — | — |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,828 | — | — |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,729 | — | — |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,720 | — | — |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,788 | — | — |
| 1985 | 20 | #4,015 | — | — |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,351 | — | — |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,733 | — | — |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,971 | — | — |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,420 | — | — |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,017 | — | — |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,312 | — | — |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,526 | — | — |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,681 | — | — |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,147 | — | — |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,208 | — | — |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,077 | — | — |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,188 | — | — |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,147 | — | — |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,262 | — | — |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,091 | — | — |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,144 | — | — |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,066 | — | — |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,890 | — | — |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,267 | — | — |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,641 | — | — |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,672 | — | — |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,493 | — | — |
| 1962 | 60 | #1,435 | — | — |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,289 | — | — |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,434 | — | — |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,558 | — | — |
| 1958 | 53 | #1,473 | — | — |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,413 | — | — |
| 1956 | 56 | #1,404 | — | — |
| 1955 | 58 | #1,326 | — | — |
| 1954 | 69 | #1,207 | — | — |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,415 | — | — |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,374 | — | — |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,227 | — | — |
| 1950 | 69 | #1,109 | — | — |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,192 | — | — |
| 1948 | 58 | #1,188 | — | — |
| 1947 | 74 | #1,032 | — | — |
| 1946 | 79 | #940 | — | — |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,067 | — | — |
| 1944 | 63 | #982 | — | — |
| 1943 | 70 | #937 | — | — |
| 1942 | 71 | #929 | — | — |
| 1941 | 80 | #810 | — | — |
| 1940 | 66 | #880 | — | — |
| 1939 | 75 | #793 | — | — |
| 1938 | 81 | #776 | — | — |
| 1937 | 75 | #792 | — | — |
| 1936 | 91 | #701 | — | — |
| 1935 | 95 | #685 | — | — |
| 1934 | 94 | #691 | — | — |
| 1933 | 117 | #600 | — | — |
| 1932 | 124 | #592 | — | — |
| 1931 | 112 | #626 | 5 | #3,934 |
| 1930 | 155 | #546 | — | — |
| 1929 | 156 | #547 | — | — |
| 1928 | 183 | #510 | 6 | #3,828 |
| 1927 | 164 | #553 | 5 | #4,371 |
| 1926 | 176 | #526 | 5 | #4,392 |
| 1925 | 188 | #513 | — | — |
| 1924 | 202 | #488 | — | — |
| 1923 | 208 | #479 | — | — |
| 1922 | 216 | #465 | — | — |
| 1921 | 243 | #441 | — | — |
| 1920 | 198 | #489 | 5 | #4,490 |
| 1919 | 236 | #423 | 5 | #4,339 |
| 1918 | 248 | #418 | — | — |
| 1917 | 250 | #400 | — | — |
| 1916 | 250 | #396 | 5 | #4,093 |
| 1915 | 241 | #389 | — | — |
| 1914 | 155 | #440 | — | — |
| 1913 | 143 | #412 | — | — |
| 1912 | 118 | #431 | 6 | #2,355 |
| 1911 | 77 | #469 | — | — |
| 1910 | 73 | #468 | — | — |
| 1909 | 54 | #510 | — | — |
| 1908 | 59 | #468 | — | — |
| 1907 | 62 | #456 | — | — |
| 1906 | 64 | #430 | — | — |
| 1905 | 56 | #451 | — | — |
| 1904 | 54 | #439 | — | — |
| 1903 | 60 | #408 | — | — |
| 1902 | 45 | #466 | — | — |
| 1901 | 52 | #417 | — | — |
| 1900 | 52 | #469 | — | — |
| 1899 | 39 | #472 | — | — |
| 1898 | 38 | #503 | — | — |
| 1897 | 34 | #499 | — | — |
| 1896 | 46 | #426 | — | — |
| 1895 | 54 | #381 | — | — |
| 1894 | 38 | #452 | — | — |
| 1893 | 34 | #456 | — | — |
| 1892 | 29 | #506 | — | — |
| 1891 | 43 | #385 | — | — |
| 1890 | 21 | #573 | — | — |
| 1889 | 23 | #535 | — | — |
| 1888 | 27 | #479 | — | — |
| 1887 | 15 | #594 | — | — |
| 1886 | 11 | #705 | — | — |
| 1885 | 17 | #527 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #564 | — | — |
| 1883 | 14 | #526 | — | — |
| 1882 | 12 | #536 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #762 | — | — |
| 1880 | 9 | #595 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).