Is Elma a boy or girl name?
Elma is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 30 girls and 0 boys were named Elma, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 97.8% of the 22,152 US babies named Elma were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #4,575
- Babies named Elma since 1880
- 22,152
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 674 babies
Boys and girls named Elma, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 643 | 100% |
| 1890s | 6 | 1,355 | 99.6% |
| 1900s | 5 | 1,940 | 99.7% |
| 1910s | 114 | 4,802 | 97.7% |
| 1920s | 171 | 4,990 | 96.7% |
| 1930s | 100 | 2,793 | 96.5% |
| 1940s | 67 | 1,810 | 96.4% |
| 1950s | 20 | 1,139 | 98.3% |
| 1960s | 0 | 654 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 329 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 196 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 183 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 410 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 298 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 127 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,575 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,361 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 32 | #4,349 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 18 | #6,415 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 27 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 32 | #4,384 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 32 | #4,424 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 27 | #5,037 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 31 | #4,518 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 27 | #5,065 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 35 | #4,238 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 33 | #4,390 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 31 | #4,644 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 37 | #4,126 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 37 | #4,205 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 38 | #4,072 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 37 | #4,020 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 47 | #3,283 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,845 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 51 | #2,964 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 40 | #3,413 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 48 | #2,974 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 38 | #3,470 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 36 | #3,460 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 18 | #5,645 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 13 | #6,978 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 20 | #4,925 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 19 | #5,079 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 17 | #5,523 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 17 | #5,494 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 17 | #5,551 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 14 | #6,230 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,398 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 19 | #4,530 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 10 | #6,946 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 13 | #5,531 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 22 | #3,761 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,167 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 23 | #3,560 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 20 | #3,898 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 22 | #3,642 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 26 | #3,173 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 31 | #2,699 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 23 | #3,305 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 33 | #2,449 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 29 | #2,631 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 35 | #2,264 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 33 | #2,321 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,980 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,944 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 34 | #2,280 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,790 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,632 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,622 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,635 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,354 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,435 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,265 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,289 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 72 | #1,306 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 111 | #1,023 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,131 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,000 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,089 | 94 | #1,074 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,007 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 104 | #978 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 114 | #898 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 129 | #812 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 130 | #792 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,460 | 125 | #795 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,427 | 143 | #717 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,859 | 150 | #685 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,085 | 159 | #662 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,898 | 167 | #643 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 162 | #624 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,459 | 179 | #547 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,017 | 162 | #577 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 208 | #518 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,773 | 226 | #495 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,023 | 193 | #501 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,723 | 204 | #470 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,326 | 204 | #469 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,230 | 244 | #429 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,779 | 225 | #437 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,337 | 258 | #396 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,590 | 267 | #393 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,448 | 285 | #375 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,597 | 297 | #369 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,923 | 299 | #373 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,922 | 352 | #339 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,839 | 362 | #346 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,359 | 360 | #341 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,852 | 424 | #321 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,825 | 465 | #308 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,623 | 449 | #313 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,953 | 487 | #301 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,264 | 522 | #290 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,892 | 494 | #289 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,378 | 579 | #268 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,929 | 610 | #271 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,775 | 600 | #266 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,091 | 594 | #262 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,095 | 659 | #249 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,795 | 580 | #256 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,471 | 622 | #246 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,211 | 575 | #245 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,146 | 484 | #242 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,520 | 388 | #245 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,557 | 375 | #234 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,594 | 252 | #248 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 273 | #235 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 248 | #227 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 208 | #234 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 228 | #219 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 193 | #227 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,290 | 171 | #245 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 160 | #248 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 162 | #235 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 199 | #210 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 189 | #209 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 182 | #235 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 136 | #238 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 172 | #222 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 156 | #218 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,021 | 160 | #219 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 137 | #234 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 127 | #237 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 129 | #231 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 112 | #249 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 118 | #223 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 108 | #234 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 98 | #235 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 97 | #235 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 73 | #246 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 82 | #223 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 76 | #227 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 59 | #254 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 42 | #274 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 47 | #251 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 41 | #247 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 28 | #297 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Elma reached #1,021 in 1896. As a girl name, it reached #209 in 1901. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Elma
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.