How Many People Are Named Elgie?
people named Elgie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,256,561 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,343 babies named Elgie in Social Security records from 1884 to 1984, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Elgie, 23.2% were girls and 76.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 40.7% of the babies were girls then and 35.2% in the 1940s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elgie alive today is about 73 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elgie first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1918, to 44 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1984.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 1984
🏆 Rank History
Elgie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #843, in 1888. Among girls, its best rank was #969, in 1889.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #843 (1888) | #969 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,814 in the 1920s | #2,486 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elgie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elgie were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elgie was given about 24 times as often in North Carolina.
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