Elvera

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306

Peak · girls
1919 · 217 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,200
since 1887

Elvera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elvera has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #447, 1919girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022#15,3065
2021#12,2067
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012#16,8695
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006#17,1685
2005—
2004—
2003#15,7845
2002—
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989#12,3625
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985#8,3187
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980#10,3925
1979#8,0617
1978—
1977—
1976#7,2967
1975#5,51610
1974#8,7755
1973—
1972—
1971#8,3245
1970#7,9955
1969—
1968#4,22211
1967#3,65613
1966#3,95911
1965#5,2897
1964#3,24416
1963#4,01911
1962#3,03317
1961#3,79312
1960#3,68812
1959#3,43613
1958#2,97216
1957#2,56320
1956#2,92916
1955#2,22224
1954#1,87531
1953#2,30121
1952#1,93427
1951#1,77230
1950#1,67931
1949#1,91725
1948#2,00823
1947#1,57636
1946#1,46736
1945#1,45031
1944#1,54528
1943#1,15449
1942#1,03757
1941#1,16641
1940#1,02349
1939#85767
1938#95555
1937#90458
1936#92954
1935#81370
1934#78174
1933#73281
1932#646107
1931#647105
1930#657109
1929#617124
1928#611133
1927#588144
1926#520181
1925#541174
1924#565166
1923#500193
1922#484202
1921#464219
1920#467212
1919#447217
1918#467204
1917#460198
1916#448200
1915#451186
1914#522115
1913#497105
1912#476101
1911#59252
1910#56054
1909#56646
1908#63936
1907#56442
1906#61134
1905#79721
1904#61231
1903#64027
1902#57133
1901#61526
1900#63930
1899#90613
1898#75020
1897#78616
1896#1,1229
1895#81515
1894#1,0619
1893#95510
1892#1,4505
1891#1,0937
1890#1,0997
1889—
1888—
1887#1,0366
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
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1880—
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Elvera! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Elvera is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Elvera
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 495 spots in 1893 (#1,450 → #955)
  • Biggest drop: 307 spots in 1896 (#815 → #1,122)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1919 at #447 (217 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1897–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,208
  • Highest: 1 in 5,208 girls born in 1919 were named Elvera (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Elvera (1,748) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,036 (1887)#1,036
1890s111#750 (1898)#1,004
1900s326#564 (1907)#625
1910s1,432#447 (1919)#492
1920s1,748#464 (1921)#536
1930s780#646 (1932)#792
1940s375#1,023 (1940)#1,434
1950s229#1,679 (1950)#2,368
1960s110#3,033 (1962)#3,878
1970s39#5,516 (1975)#7,661
1980s17#8,318 (1985)#10,357
1990s0——
2000s10#15,784 (2003)#16,476
2010s5#16,869 (2012)#16,869
2020s12#12,206 (2021)#13,756

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.

Elvera in 1905

girls
#797
21 births · 1 in 13,887 girls

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #797Elvera21
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 13,887 of them was named Elvera, which outranked 64.3% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvera
  1. #777Myrle22
  2. #777Nella22
  3. #777Trudie22
  4. #797Elvera21
  5. #797Annetta21
  6. #797Augustine21
  7. #797Beaulah21
  8. #825Angelita20
  9. #825Concepcion20
  10. #825Corean20

Tied with 27 names at #797; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →