Elvera
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 217 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,200since 1887
Elvera over time
Rank among girls' names. Elvera has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,467 | 36 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,154 | 49 |
| 1942 | #1,037 | 57 |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 |
| 1939 | #857 | 67 |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 |
| 1937 | #904 | 58 |
| 1936 | #929 | 54 |
| 1935 | #813 | 70 |
| 1934 | #781 | 74 |
| 1933 | #732 | 81 |
| 1932 | #646 | 107 |
| 1931 | #647 | 105 |
| 1930 | #657 | 109 |
| 1929 | #617 | 124 |
| 1928 | #611 | 133 |
| 1927 | #588 | 144 |
| 1926 | #520 | 181 |
| 1925 | #541 | 174 |
| 1924 | #565 | 166 |
| 1923 | #500 | 193 |
| 1922 | #484 | 202 |
| 1921 | #464 | 219 |
| 1920 | #467 | 212 |
| 1919 | #447 | 217 |
| 1918 | #467 | 204 |
| 1917 | #460 | 198 |
| 1916 | #448 | 200 |
| 1915 | #451 | 186 |
| 1914 | #522 | 115 |
| 1913 | #497 | 105 |
| 1912 | #476 | 101 |
| 1911 | #592 | 52 |
| 1910 | #560 | 54 |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 |
| 1908 | #639 | 36 |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 |
| 1906 | #611 | 34 |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 |
| 1904 | #612 | 31 |
| 1903 | #640 | 27 |
| 1902 | #571 | 33 |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#471 · 1 in 5,260
- New York#659 · 1 in 16,380
Best ever in a state: #132 in Minnesota, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #471 | 7 | 1 in 5,260 |
| New York | #659 | 5 | 1 in 16,380 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elvera
- 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)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1919 at #447 (217 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1897–1939
- 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%)
- 33.6% of all girls named Elvera (1,748) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,036 (1887) | #1,036 |
| 1890s | 111 | #750 (1898) | #1,004 |
| 1900s | 326 | #564 (1907) | #625 |
| 1910s | 1,432 | #447 (1919) | #492 |
| 1920s | 1,748 | #464 (1921) | #536 |
| 1930s | 780 | #646 (1932) | #792 |
| 1940s | 375 | #1,023 (1940) | #1,434 |
| 1950s | 229 | #1,679 (1950) | #2,368 |
| 1960s | 110 | #3,033 (1962) | #3,878 |
| 1970s | 39 | #5,516 (1975) | #7,661 |
| 1980s | 17 | #8,318 (1985) | #10,357 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 10 | #15,784 (2003) | #16,476 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,869 (2012) | #16,869 |
| 2020s | 12 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
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1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 19,266 of them was named Elvera, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #921Malinda55
- #921Marleen55
- #921Merry55
- #929Elvera54
- #929Annis54
- #929Arthur54
- #929Berneice54
- #941Aletha53
- #941Alexandra53
- #941Cathy53
Tied with 11 names at #929; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.