Elma is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Elma is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,384 for girl births in the United States (and #7,613 across all names), given to 32 babies. Elma first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (659 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | #4,384 | — |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | #4,591 | — |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | #5,434 | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | #5,211 | — |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | #4,350 | — |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | #6,416 | — |
| 2019 | 27 | 27 | #4,948 | — |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 | #4,384 | — |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | #4,425 | — |
| 2016 | 27 | 27 | #5,038 | — |
| 2015 | 31 | 31 | #4,520 | — |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | #5,067 | — |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 | #5,708 | — |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | #4,238 | — |
| 2011 | 33 | 33 | #4,391 | — |
| 2010 | 31 | 31 | #4,645 | — |
| 2009 | 37 | 37 | #4,126 | — |
| 2008 | 37 | 37 | #4,206 | — |
| 2007 | 39 | 39 | #4,003 | — |
| 2006 | 37 | 37 | #4,020 | — |
| 2005 | 47 | 47 | #3,283 | — |
| 2004 | 37 | 37 | #3,845 | — |
| 2003 | 51 | 51 | #2,964 | — |
| 2002 | 40 | 40 | #3,413 | — |
| 2001 | 48 | 48 | #2,974 | — |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | #3,470 | — |
| 1999 | 36 | 36 | #3,460 | — |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | #5,645 | — |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #6,978 | — |
| 1996 | 20 | — | #4,925 | — |
| 1995 | 19 | — | #5,079 | — |
| 1994 | 17 | — | #5,523 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | — | #5,494 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,551 | — |
| 1991 | 12 | — | #7,091 | — |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,230 | — |
| 1989 | 21 | — | #4,399 | — |
| 1988 | 19 | — | #4,531 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #6,946 | — |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #5,531 | — |
| 1985 | 22 | — | #3,761 | — |
| 1984 | 27 | — | #3,167 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #3,990 | — |
| 1982 | 23 | — | #3,560 | — |
| 1981 | 20 | — | #3,898 | — |
| 1980 | 22 | — | #3,641 | — |
| 1979 | 26 | — | #3,173 | — |
| 1978 | 31 | — | #2,699 | — |
| 1977 | 23 | — | #3,304 | — |
| 1976 | 33 | — | #2,450 | — |
| 1975 | 29 | — | #2,630 | — |
| 1974 | 35 | — | #2,264 | — |
| 1973 | 33 | — | #2,321 | — |
| 1972 | 41 | — | #1,980 | — |
| 1971 | 44 | — | #1,944 | — |
| 1970 | 34 | — | #2,279 | — |
| 1969 | 47 | — | #1,790 | — |
| 1968 | 50 | — | #1,632 | — |
| 1967 | 49 | — | #1,622 | — |
| 1966 | 47 | — | #1,635 | — |
| 1965 | 66 | — | #1,354 | — |
| 1964 | 62 | — | #1,435 | — |
| 1963 | 76 | — | #1,265 | — |
| 1962 | 74 | — | #1,289 | — |
| 1961 | 72 | — | #1,306 | — |
| 1960 | 111 | — | #1,023 | — |
| 1959 | 89 | — | #1,131 | — |
| 1958 | 108 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1957 | 102 | — | #1,074 | #3,089 |
| 1956 | 103 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1955 | 104 | — | #978 | — |
| 1954 | 114 | — | #898 | — |
| 1953 | 129 | — | #812 | — |
| 1952 | 130 | — | #792 | — |
| 1951 | 131 | — | #795 | #3,460 |
| 1950 | 149 | — | #717 | #3,427 |
| 1949 | 158 | — | #685 | #2,859 |
| 1948 | 166 | — | #662 | #3,086 |
| 1947 | 172 | — | #643 | #3,898 |
| 1946 | 162 | — | #624 | — |
| 1945 | 184 | — | #547 | #3,459 |
| 1944 | 175 | — | #577 | #2,017 |
| 1943 | 208 | — | #518 | — |
| 1942 | 234 | — | #495 | #2,773 |
| 1941 | 206 | — | #501 | #2,023 |
| 1940 | 212 | — | #470 | #2,723 |
| 1939 | 214 | — | #469 | #2,326 |
| 1938 | 255 | — | #429 | #2,230 |
| 1937 | 241 | — | #437 | #1,779 |
| 1936 | 268 | — | #396 | #2,338 |
| 1935 | 276 | — | #393 | #2,589 |
| 1934 | 295 | — | #375 | #2,448 |
| 1933 | 306 | — | #369 | #2,597 |
| 1932 | 307 | — | #373 | #2,923 |
| 1931 | 360 | — | #339 | #2,922 |
| 1930 | 371 | — | #346 | #2,839 |
| 1929 | 372 | — | #341 | #2,359 |
| 1928 | 442 | — | #321 | #1,852 |
| 1927 | 484 | — | #308 | #1,825 |
| 1926 | 471 | — | #313 | #1,623 |
| 1925 | 504 | — | #301 | #1,953 |
| 1924 | 536 | — | #290 | #2,264 |
| 1923 | 512 | — | #289 | #1,892 |
| 1922 | 592 | — | #268 | #2,378 |
| 1921 | 628 | — | #271 | #1,929 |
| 1920 | 620 | — | #266 | #1,775 |
| 1919 | 609 | — | #262 | #2,091 |
| 1918 | 674 | — | #249 | #2,095 |
| 1917 | 589 | — | #256 | #2,795 |
| 1916 | 645 | — | #246 | #1,471 |
| 1915 | 587 | — | #245 | #2,211 |
| 1914 | 494 | — | #242 | #2,146 |
| 1913 | 401 | — | #245 | #1,520 |
| 1912 | 386 | — | #234 | #1,557 |
| 1911 | 258 | — | #248 | #1,594 |
| 1910 | 273 | — | #235 | — |
| 1909 | 248 | — | #227 | — |
| 1908 | 208 | — | #234 | — |
| 1907 | 228 | — | #219 | — |
| 1906 | 193 | — | #227 | — |
| 1905 | 176 | — | #245 | #1,290 |
| 1904 | 160 | — | #248 | — |
| 1903 | 162 | — | #235 | — |
| 1902 | 199 | — | #210 | — |
| 1901 | 189 | — | #209 | — |
| 1900 | 182 | — | #235 | — |
| 1899 | 136 | — | #238 | — |
| 1898 | 172 | — | #222 | — |
| 1897 | 156 | — | #218 | — |
| 1896 | 166 | — | #219 | #1,021 |
| 1895 | 137 | — | #234 | — |
| 1894 | 127 | — | #237 | — |
| 1893 | 129 | — | #231 | — |
| 1892 | 112 | — | #249 | — |
| 1891 | 118 | — | #223 | — |
| 1890 | 108 | — | #234 | — |
| 1889 | 98 | — | #235 | — |
| 1888 | 97 | — | #235 | — |
| 1887 | 73 | — | #246 | — |
| 1886 | 82 | — | #223 | — |
| 1885 | 76 | — | #227 | — |
| 1884 | 59 | — | #254 | — |
| 1883 | 42 | — | #274 | — |
| 1882 | 47 | — | #251 | — |
| 1881 | 41 | — | #247 | — |
| 1880 | 28 | — | #297 | — |