How rare is the name Elda?

8,580 people in the United States have the first name Elda, about 1 in 35,202. It ranks #2,732 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELDA

#2,732

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,580
About
1 in 35,202
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,580 people named Elda, 73.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% as White and 4.3% as Black. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elda peaked in 1916, when 255 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1916
Births that year
255
In 2025*
20 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,012 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #711. The largest share of babies named Elda, 43.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,010148
1890s#734376
1900s#711558
1910s#7561,807
1920s#9101,955
1930s#1,2191,024
1940s#1,743673
1950s#2,254565
1960s#2,661480
1970s#3,568370
1980s#5,081279
1990s#6,009302
2000s#9,140230
2010s#12,621155
2020s#12,47090
Before 19016.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2743.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.7%
Baby boom 1946–6412.5%
Generation X 1965–806.5%
Millennials 1981–965.3%
Generation Z 1997–123.9%
2013 and later2.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Elda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elda has been most common in North Dakota (4.2×), Kansas (3.6×), and Texas (3.2×), and least common in New York (0.51×).

4,923 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Elda

1 other first name also has 8,580 people.

#2,732 Monroe · 8,580

Either side of Elda

#2,730 Rajesh · 8,582#2,731 Sandeep · 8,581#2,732 Monroe · 8,580#2,734 Kaci · 8,575

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elda, most common first.

#2,250 Elida · 11,577#24,098 Elta · 402#38,294 Eldy · 201#41,535 Eldo · 176#52,287 Eldia · 108#52,605 Eleda · 106

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