Elba
A unisex name of Germanic origin, meaning elf, noble being.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies
Elba by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Elba. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 84 babies in 1956, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elba. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Elba, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Elba
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