Elza is an uncommon variant of Elias that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Elza is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Elza was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (68 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | #11,226 | — |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | #7,350 | — |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #7,762 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | #7,071 | — |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | #9,773 | — |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #9,130 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #8,260 | — |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | #6,607 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | #9,509 | — |
| 2016 | 15 | 15 | #7,715 | — |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | #7,738 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #5,853 | — |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | #9,196 | — |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | #8,338 | — |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | #10,622 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #10,652 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #18,149 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #11,891 | — |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | #10,344 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #17,978 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #16,910 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,458 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #12,185 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #12,576 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #14,157 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #9,754 | — |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #13,620 | #7,446 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #5,962 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,300 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,298 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,491 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #7,861 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #9,723 | #5,871 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #9,162 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | — | — | #3,423 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | #6,176 | #4,102 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | #6,540 | #4,396 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | — | #3,703 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | — | #3,459 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | #4,276 | #3,325 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #7,060 | #3,376 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,134 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | #3,856 | #2,910 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | — | #2,762 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,164 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | — | #2,705 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,122 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | — | #1,976 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | — | #2,117 |
| 1955 | 23 | — | #5,381 | #1,921 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | — | #2,636 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | — | #2,323 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | — | #2,180 |
| 1951 | 16 | — | — | #1,929 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #5,534 | #2,481 |
| 1949 | 19 | — | — | #1,719 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | — | #1,839 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | #4,482 | #1,942 |
| 1946 | 14 | — | — | #1,975 |
| 1945 | 21 | — | — | #1,459 |
| 1944 | 34 | — | #3,204 | #1,343 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | — | #1,500 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | #4,097 | #1,711 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | — | #1,490 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | #3,546 | #1,150 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | #3,977 | #1,375 |
| 1937 | 31 | — | — | #1,190 |
| 1936 | 35 | — | #3,191 | #1,275 |
| 1935 | 49 | — | #3,238 | #999 |
| 1934 | 25 | — | — | #1,367 |
| 1933 | 34 | — | #3,522 | #1,285 |
| 1932 | 51 | — | #2,885 | #1,041 |
| 1931 | 50 | — | #2,133 | #1,155 |
| 1930 | 59 | — | #2,134 | #1,058 |
| 1929 | 51 | — | #2,625 | #1,116 |
| 1928 | 40 | — | #4,936 | #1,216 |
| 1927 | 77 | — | #1,958 | #901 |
| 1926 | 66 | — | #2,098 | #996 |
| 1925 | 47 | — | #3,462 | #1,149 |
| 1924 | 80 | — | #1,944 | #908 |
| 1923 | 63 | — | #2,627 | #986 |
| 1922 | 79 | — | #3,024 | #822 |
| 1921 | 85 | — | #1,882 | #878 |
| 1920 | 82 | — | #2,301 | #828 |
| 1919 | 69 | — | #2,416 | #901 |
| 1918 | 80 | — | #2,308 | #810 |
| 1917 | 62 | — | #2,024 | #968 |
| 1916 | 67 | — | #1,891 | #900 |
| 1915 | 57 | — | #2,293 | #944 |
| 1914 | 49 | — | #1,939 | #911 |
| 1913 | 46 | — | #1,802 | #823 |
| 1912 | 36 | — | #2,457 | #818 |
| 1911 | 23 | — | #2,276 | #802 |
| 1910 | 19 | — | #1,822 | #1,001 |
| 1909 | 16 | — | #1,647 | #1,106 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | — | #756 |
| 1907 | 13 | — | — | #754 |
| 1906 | 17 | — | #1,801 | #775 |
| 1905 | 24 | — | #1,458 | #600 |
| 1904 | 23 | — | #1,119 | #698 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #1,876 | #1,176 |
| 1902 | 16 | — | #1,873 | #703 |
| 1901 | 14 | — | — | #541 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | #1,478 | #633 |
| 1899 | 14 | — | #1,675 | #734 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | #1,411 | #767 |
| 1897 | 17 | — | #1,300 | #693 |
| 1896 | 28 | — | #1,156 | #469 |
| 1895 | 19 | — | — | #460 |
| 1894 | 22 | — | #1,271 | #524 |
| 1893 | 18 | — | — | #437 |
| 1892 | 17 | — | — | #483 |
| 1891 | 18 | — | — | #417 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | — | #495 |
| 1889 | 22 | — | — | #382 |
| 1888 | 17 | — | — | #471 |
| 1887 | 16 | — | — | #427 |
| 1886 | 19 | — | — | #405 |
| 1885 | 15 | — | — | #486 |
| 1884 | 24 | — | — | #363 |
| 1883 | 23 | — | #961 | #417 |
| 1882 | 14 | — | — | #499 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | — | #469 |
| 1880 | 25 | — | — | #343 |