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Elma
Rank in 2024
#4,620
Born in 2024
30
Peak year
1918 · #249
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 30 girls were named Elma, about 1 in every 53,773.
- It peaked in 1918 with 659 babies, ranked #249.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 21,669 girls have been named Elma since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elma per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.5Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 10,766 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Silent: 4,749 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,172 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 610 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 290 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 576 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 326 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A 19th-century creation, usually explained as a form of Wilhelmina or Italian Guglielma. It has also been recorded as a blend of Elizabeth and Mary.
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elma, CC BY-SA 4.0.