Elga
Elga is a given name, usually feminine.
Meaning & Origin of Elga
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elga is a given name, usually feminine.
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The Story of Elga
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Elga as a girl name dates back to 1914, when 8 babies received it. 1927 was its biggest year on record, with 27 newborns named Elga — #1,587 in the national rankings. About 48% of every Elga on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Elga last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 120 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Elga first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1917, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 5 births, good for #3,981 nationwide. About 50% of every Elga on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Elga last appeared in the published SSA data in 1927, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Elga
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Elga Andersen (1935–1994), German actress
- Elga Brink (1905–1985), German actress
- Elga L. Jefferies (born 1946), American politician
- Elga Mark-Kurik (born 1928), Estonian paleontologist
- Elga Sesemann (1922–2007), Finnish artist
- Elga Meta Shearer (1883–1967), American educator
- Elga Olga Svendsen (1906–1992), Danish film actress, singer
- Elga Ruth Wasserman (1924–2014), German-born American chemist, college administrator
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Names that sound like Elga
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About the name Elga
Elga is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 120 births in the dataset. Elga's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #1,587. Use the chart and map above to compare Elga's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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