Is Elta a boy or girl name?

Elta is a girl’s name. Of the 1,415 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Elta

Recorded 1881–2021 · United States

Elta was most popular in 1915, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,910 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,415 people named Elta.

Elta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elta’s peak in 1915. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,415 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

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 Elta

Where Elta is most concentrated

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

Louisiana 35.5×

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