Elna
Elna is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 504th, in 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1917173 births
- Best rank
- #504in 1917
- Since 1883
- 4,469people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,469 girls have been named Elna in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 173 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 173 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | |
| 1890s | 171 | |
| 1900s | 313 | |
| 1910s | 1,139 | |
| 1920s | 1,167 | |
| 1930s | 743 | |
| 1940s | 448 | |
| 1950s | 230 | |
| 1960s | 81 | |
| 1970s | 32 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 36 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Elna was the 504th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1917 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Elna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ruthpeak 1920
- Helenpeak 1918
- Garnetpeak 1918
- Allinepeak 1921
- Ermapeak 1920
- Myrtispeak 1921
- Lurlinepeak 1921
- Paulinepeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.