girls:
1.8k births since 1883
#4023 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1883
#6001 (22nd percentile)
The name Elberta is the #6,001 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,750 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 22.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,023 (29.6% percentile) for all time with 1,750 births since 1883.
Elberta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for girls in 1883). Birth data for Elberta is available in 76 out of the 97 years between 1883 and 1979. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Elberta reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #517) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 68 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elberta".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Elberta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.5% confident that Elberta is pronounced as ehl-BER-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHL-ber-tuh, at 27.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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