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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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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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—
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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.

Where Elvia is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #724 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 8,339 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedDEArizona: #457 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,071 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedHITexas: #350 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 2,281 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elvia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#350 · 1 in 2,281
  2. Arizona#457 · 1 in 3,071
  3. California#724 · 1 in 8,339

Best ever in a state: #225 in Arizona, 1938.

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Texas#350491 in 2,281
Arizona#45751 in 3,071
California#724211 in 8,339
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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 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 1961

girls
#1,136
93 births · 1 in 21,704 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,136Elvia93
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 21,704 of them was named Elvia, which outranked 84.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvia
  1. #1,132Gary94
  2. #1,132Gaylene94
  3. #1,132Tammera94
  4. #1,136Elvia93
  5. #1,136Delisa93
  6. #1,136Delma93
  7. #1,136Lecia93
  8. #1,144Abbie92
  9. #1,144Autumn92
  10. #1,144Cristy92

Tied with 7 names at #1,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →