Given name & surname
Elba
Elba is a feminine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Elba isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,706
- 313 boys · 3,393 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 82 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,207 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +46%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,207 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 45.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 82 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,747 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elba’s family of names
Elba may belong to the same name family as ELLBA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elba
- TimBrazilian association football player (1915–1984)
- Elbasan Rashaniassociation football playerborn 1993
- Elba RamalhoBrazilian singerborn 1951
- Elba Esther GordilloMexican politicianborn 1945
- Chunchuna VillafañeArgentine actress1934–2026
- Elba LightfootAfrican-American painter1910–1989
- Elba ÁlvarezSpanish handball playerborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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