How Many People Are Named Elta?
people named Elta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,975,635 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,415 babies named Elta in Social Security records from 1881 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elta alive today is about 77 years old, and 94% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 76 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elta first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1915, to 43 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Elta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #550, in 1881.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #550 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,101 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elta were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elta was given about 31.3 times as often in Louisiana.
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