Elba
Girl · EL-ba · Italian
Elba is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Elba mean?
Italian: name of the Italian island; also used as a Spanish given name
Elba is the Italian island where Napoleon was exiled in 1814 and 1815.
- Say it
- EL-ba
Is Elba a girl's or a boy's name?
Elba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 8 girls in the US.
How popular is Elba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Elba, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls. 3 boys were also named Elba in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Elba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Elba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Elba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Elba, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Elba in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1972, 87% of the babies named Elba in the US were girls.
Elba in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,088 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,305 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,307 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,135 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,136 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,022 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,653 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,927 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,368 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,622 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,814 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,359 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,453 |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,404 |
| 1959 | 60 | #1,382 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,511 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,490 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,140 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 58 | #1,275 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,577 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,414 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,549 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,434 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,422 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,375 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,255 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,367 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,421 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 17 | #990 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,024 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,037 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,213 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 13 | #750 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
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