Is Elgie a boy or girl name?

Elgie is a unisex name. Of the 1,343 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 39.4% were girls and 60.6% were boys. It changed hands in 1934, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Elgie

Recorded 1884–1984 · United States

Elgie was most popular in 1918, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,051 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,343 people named Elgie.

Elgie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elgie’s peak in 1918. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elgie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elgie is a unisex name — 39.4% of the 1,343 Americans given it were girls and 60.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1934 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Elgie

Where Elgie is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

North Carolina 29.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org