Meaning and history
Elma is a short form of Wilhelmine or of names ending in elma, such as Anselma. It has also been recorded as a combination of Elizabeth and Mary, as in the case of the 19th-century daughter of the Earl of Elgin, who was named after her mother’s first and middle names.
20062006: 37 births, rank #3,992
2007: 39 births, rank #3,983
2008: 37 births, rank #4,179
2009: 37 births, rank #4,107
2010: 31 births, rank #4,608
20112011: 33 births, rank #4,353
2012: 35 births, rank #4,216
2013: 23 births, rank #5,644
2014: 27 births, rank #5,025
2015: 31 births, rank #4,488
20162016: 27 births, rank #4,990
2017: 32 births, rank #4,384
2018: 32 births, rank #4,357
2019: 27 births, rank #4,909
2020: 18 births, rank #6,325
20212021: 32 births, rank #4,326
2022: 25 births, rank #5,172
2023: 23 births, rank #5,390
2024: 30 births, rank #4,560
20252025: 32 births, rank #4,352
Elma moved from #978 to #1000 for girls between 1955 and 1958. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 659 births.