Elvia

#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1948 · 107 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,680
since 1888

Elvia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elvia has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #845, 1948girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,66129
2024#3,57543
2023#3,58543
2022#4,47231
2021#3,93537
2020#4,16933
2019#4,26033
2018#4,35732
2017#4,92227
2016#4,42332
2015#4,14435
2014#3,84839
2013#4,54331
2012#4,29634
2011#4,35333
2010#4,18035
2009#3,40948
2008#3,15853
2007#3,04757
2006#3,13653
2005#2,55367
2004#2,78158
2003#2,67359
2002#2,88851
2001#2,43864
2000#2,25869
1999#1,80488
1998#1,83084
1997#1,81682
1996#1,72287
1995#1,55098
1994#1,511103
1993#1,471108
1992#1,216143
1991#1,154153
1990#1,257130#8,1175
1989#1,367112
1988#1,292112
1987#1,318104
1986#1,44788
1985#1,019148
1984#1,245103
1983#1,34689
1982#1,55176
1981#1,261102
1980#1,150118
1979#1,31495
1978#1,28195
1977#1,24796
1976#1,22592
1975#978126
1974#1,039115
1973#1,088105
1972#1,38072
1971#1,140102
1970#1,22491
1969#1,15393
1968#1,12390
1967#1,11988
1966#1,17882
1965#1,032102
1964#1,009113
1963#1,26276
1962#1,066102
1961#1,13693
1960#1,08199
1959#1,11891
1958#1,07595
1957#1,14485
1956#1,08690
1955#1,06290
1954#1,13476
1953#1,06283
1952#1,08875
1951#876105#3,7145
1950#1,07673
1949#1,01578
1948#845107
1947#99279
1946#1,04266
1945#1,15546
1944#1,04057
1943#1,22843
1942#1,27839
1941#1,24337
1940#1,31332
1939#1,14940
1938#1,11142
1937#1,18037
1936#1,44526
1935#1,38128
1934#1,29231#3,6795
1933#1,60622
1932#1,52025
1931#1,33630
1930#1,34732
1929#1,17440
1928#1,46929
1927#1,36235
1926#1,48330
1925#1,13646
1924#1,61228#4,3475
1923#1,59827
1922#1,43032#4,3075
1921#1,47631#3,8696
1920#1,81622
1919#1,48128
1918#1,29934
1917#1,28132
1916#1,29831
1915#1,62221
1914#1,26224
1913#1,12024
1912#1,29717
1911#1,07117
1910#99719
1909#1,15213
1908#1,4399
1907#1,03714
1906#1,15411
1905#1,4208
1904#1,09211
1903#1,3188
1902#87216
1901#1,2278
1900#1,3199
1899#93512
1898#1,2638
1897#1,5555
1896#1,4166
1895#1,2028
1894#1,1368
1893#1,2776
1892
1891#1,2136
1890
1889
1888#1,1366
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Elvia! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elvia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,086 spots since 2024 (#3,575#4,661)
  • 492 spots since 2020 (#4,169#4,661)
  • 517 spots since 2015 (#4,144#4,661)
  • Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1902 (#1,227#872)
  • Biggest drop: 446 spots in 1903 (#872#1,318)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1948 at #845 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 54 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1947–1948
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,570
  • Highest: 1 in 11,570 girls born in 1975 were named Elvia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,423 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #845 in 1948, was only 1 in 15,868 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 14.0% of all girls named Elvia (1,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,136 (1888)#1,136
1890s59#935 (1899)#1,250
1900s107#872 (1902)#1,203
1910s247#997 (1910)#1,273
1920s320#1,136 (1925)#1,456
1930s313#1,111 (1938)#1,337
1940s584#845 (1948)#1,115
1950s863#876 (1951)#1,072
1960s938#1,009 (1964)#1,116
1970s989#978 (1975)#1,192
1980s1,052#1,019 (1985)#1,300
1990s1,076#1,154 (1991)#1,533
2000s579#2,258 (2000)#2,834
2010s331#3,848 (2014)#4,333
2020s216#3,575 (2024)#4,066

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.

Elvia in 1934

girls
#1,292
31 births · 1 in 33,685 girls
boys
#3,679
5 births · 1 in 206,519 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #1,292Elvia31

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #3,679Elvia5
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 33,685 of them was named Elvia, which outranked 74.0% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvia
  1. #1,263Thomasine32
  2. #1,263Vernon32
  3. #1,263Zita32
  4. #1,292Elvia31
  5. #1,292Bernetta31
  6. #1,292Bonna31
  7. #1,292Elvina31
  8. #1,317Abigail30
  9. #1,317Allean30
  10. #1,317Carlota30

Tied with 24 names at #1,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 206,519 of them was named Elvia, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvia
  1. #3,277Zachariah6
  2. #3,277Zander6
  3. #3,277Zeno6
  4. #3,679Elvia5
  5. #3,679Abb5
  6. #3,679Acencion5
  7. #3,679Achille5

Tied with 526 names at #3,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934