Elzora
Feminine
Elzora joins El- to Zora, a name that means dawn in Slavic languages and that one great American writer carried. It is three syllables with the stress in the middle, and it has a bright, rising sound.
How old is the name Elzora?
Elzora first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Elzora alive today was born around 1922, making them about 103 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Elzora are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Elzora most popular?
Elzora peaked in 1901, reaching #1007 nationally. See the whole 1901 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Elzora
Zora is the Slavic word for dawn, and the name carries that first light into several languages. In America, the most famous Zora was Zora Neale Hurston, who grew up in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first towns in the country incorporated by Black citizens, and who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God out of the voices she heard there. Elzora sets an El- before that bright name, and the whole sounds like morning coming up slowly.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records the origin of Elzora. Its second half, Zora, means dawn in Slavic languages and was also used in America on its own, but no record says how Elzora was built.
Pronouncing Elzora
el-ZOR-uh
Stress on the middle syllable.
Nicknames for Elzora
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1887
- Most girls named
- 192724 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1007reached in 1901
- Change vs 1952
- +100.0%10 in 1953, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Elzoras among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Elzora are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Elzora sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Zora and Ellie give two lovely short forms.
- It connects to a celebrated American writer.
- It is almost never given now, so it is distinctive.
- People will write Elzorah or Alzora.
- There is no recorded meaning for the whole name to give when someone asks.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elzoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Elzora are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Elzora in 2025?
- Elzora is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Elzora with classmates?
- Elzora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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