Elzora vs Elzy

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Elzora Elzy

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 60 years in which either name was published, Elzora for 39 years and Elzy for 21 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.

• 1897–1935 Elzora ahead, apart from 3 short spells
• 1945–1970 Elzy ahead, apart from one short spell

17 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Elzoras alive today are over 85; half the Elzys are over 76. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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