Elmira

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births

Peak · girls
1887 · 31 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,360
since 1880

Elmira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elmira has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #390, 1887girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,86011
2024#7,59414
2023#9,61610
2022#8,03213
2021
2020#11,0908
2019#12,4487
2018#8,61712
2017#8,77612
2016#16,2155
2015#8,00814
2014#10,12910
2013#16,5475
2012#13,4837
2011#12,1538
2010#12,2768
2009#15,2426
2008
2007#12,6768
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#15,4325
2001
2000
1999#10,3458
1998
1997
1996#13,5185
1995
1994
1993#13,4425
1992
1991
1990#9,2478
1989#9,6817
1988
1987#7,3539
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#6,8889
1981#8,1287
1980
1979#8,0617
1978#6,9488
1977#6,8928
1976#5,60110
1975
1974#8,7755
1973#4,87111
1972#4,30013
1971#4,12314
1970#4,76111
1969#5,9747
1968#3,16917
1967#4,05311
1966#3,55813
1965#3,95211
1964#3,10817
1963#3,33615
1962#2,07332
1961#2,35926
1960#2,06131
1959#1,85236
1958#1,93932
1957#1,98930
1956#2,24924
1955#2,02428
1954#1,70236
1953#1,67135
1952#1,78131
1951#1,36247
1950#1,62633
1949#1,43741
1948#1,59834
1947#1,63334
1946#1,72327
1945#1,33236
1944#1,22442
1943#1,25142
1942#1,26440
1941#1,10145
1940#1,02349
1939#1,17938
1938#1,01849
1937#94054
1936#1,06243
1935#94654
1934#90557
1933#1,00847
1932#97952
1931#89959
1930#88067
1929#78979
1928#73992
1927#87472
1926#77786
1925#79187
1924#82981
1923#75293
1922#75494
1921#667122
1920#73297
1919#71795
1918#691108
1917#663105
1916#667104
1915#655102
1914#64780
1913#60074
1912#57171
1911#75433
1910#61047
1909#66935
1908#49354
1907#52147
1906#61134
1905#54740
1904#61231
1903#51439
1902#48542
1901#52034
1900#61133
1899#56529
1898#51037
1897#55429
1896#46738
1895#45540
1894#66420
1893#46433
1892#48931
1891#58920
1890#46831
1889#39338
1888#57219
1887#39031
1886#52818
1885#55715
1884#43821
1883#39722
1882#44617
1881#40517
1880#46613
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elmira was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elmira
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,266 spots since 2024 (#7,594#8,860)
  • 2,230 spots since 2020 (#11,090#8,860)
  • 852 spots since 2015 (#8,008#8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1895 (#664#455)
  • Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1894 (#464#664)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #390 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1932
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,694
  • Highest: 1 in 4,694 girls born in 1889 were named Elmira (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #390 in 1887, was only 1 in 4,709 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Elmira (903) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s211#390 (1887)#459
1890s308#455 (1895)#523
1900s389#485 (1902)#558
1910s819#571 (1912)#658
1920s903#667 (1921)#770
1930s520#880 (1930)#982
1940s390#1,023 (1940)#1,359
1950s332#1,362 (1951)#1,820
1960s180#2,061 (1960)#3,364
1970s87#4,123 (1971)#6,037
1980s32#6,888 (1982)#8,013
1990s26#9,247 (1990)#11,638
2000s19#12,676 (2007)#14,450
2010s88#8,008 (2015)#11,865
2020s56#7,594 (2024)#9,038

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elmira in 1895

girls
#455
40 births · 1 in 5,841 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #455Elmira40
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 5,841 of them was named Elmira, which outranked 74.8% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elmira
  1. #440Sudie41
  2. #440Veda41
  3. #440Vernie41
  4. #455Elmira40
  5. #455Aileen40
  6. #455Bernadette40
  7. #455Beryl40
  8. #465Bella39
  9. #465Hope39
  10. #465Margery39

Tied with 9 names at #455; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 715Glenn#1,353#638
  2. 670Drusilla#1,485#815
  3. 670Gertha#1,485#815
  4. 670Lorine#1,485#815
  5. 627Leva#1,485#858
Fallers
  1. 848Gina#744#1,592
  2. 848Laurel#744#1,592
  3. 848Pennie#744#1,592
  4. 810Buena#782#1,592
  5. 780Albertina#812#1,592

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895