Given name
Elbira
“white”
Elbira is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in Basque.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elbira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 153 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.
Elbira’s family of names
See also 1
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