Elza

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A few things about Elza you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Elza

Elza Soares

Brazilian musician (1930–2022)

Choose Elza and your child shares a first name with Elza Soares, a Brazilian musician. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Elza, like who?” Elza Soares's Wikipedia article is available in 26 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Ministério da Cultura, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 200,000 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Elza, 8 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Elza would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryElza has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Elzas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1883, when it ranked #920. Today it's #10,917, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendElza has slipped 1,964 places over the last five years and now sits at #10,917. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningElza is a Hungarian form of Elizabeth, which means “pledged to God”. Our records link it to English and French roots.

About the name Elza

Elza is a girl name of English and French origin meaning “pledged to God”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with E and ending in “-lza”. US birth records list Elza for girls from 1883 to 2025, in 83 of those 143 years. Its best year was 1883, when it ranked #920 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #10,917, with 8 babies.

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