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
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,680since 1888
Elvia over time
Rank among girls' names. Elvia has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,661 | 29 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,575 | 43 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,585 | 43 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,935 | 37 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,169 | 33 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,260 | 33 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,409 | 48 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,047 | 57 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,781 | 58 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,888 | 51 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 69 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,804 | 88 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,830 | 84 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,816 | 82 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,722 | 87 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,550 | 98 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,511 | 103 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,471 | 108 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,216 | 143 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,154 | 153 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,257 | 130 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,367 | 112 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,292 | 112 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,318 | 104 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,447 | 88 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,019 | 148 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,245 | 103 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,346 | 89 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,551 | 76 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,261 | 102 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,150 | 118 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,314 | 95 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,281 | 95 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,247 | 96 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 92 | — | |
| 1975 | #978 | 126 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,039 | 115 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,088 | 105 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,380 | 72 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,140 | 102 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,224 | 91 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,153 | 93 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,123 | 90 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,119 | 88 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,178 | 82 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,032 | 102 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,009 | 113 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,262 | 76 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,066 | 102 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,136 | 93 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,081 | 99 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,118 | 91 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,075 | 95 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,144 | 85 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,086 | 90 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,062 | 90 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,134 | 76 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,062 | 83 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,088 | 75 | — | |
| 1951 | #876 | 105 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,076 | 73 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,015 | 78 | — | |
| 1948 | #845 | 107 | — | |
| 1947 | #992 | 79 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,042 | 66 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,040 | 57 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,228 | 43 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,174 | 40 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,483 | 30 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,136 | 46 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #1,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#515 · 1 in 3,551
- Arizona#541 · 1 in 3,572
- Texas#643 · 1 in 4,831
- Illinois#1,154 · 1 in 12,449
Best ever in a state: #225 in Arizona, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #515 | 46 | 1 in 3,551 |
| Arizona | #541 | 5 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Texas | #643 | 23 | 1 in 4,831 |
| Illinois | #1,154 | 6 | 1 in 12,449 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1948 at #845 (107 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 54 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1947–1948
- 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
- 14.0% of all girls named Elvia (1,076) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,136 |
| 1890s | 59 | #935 (1899) | #1,250 |
| 1900s | 107 | #872 (1902) | #1,203 |
| 1910s | 247 | #997 (1910) | #1,273 |
| 1920s | 320 | #1,136 (1925) | #1,456 |
| 1930s | 313 | #1,111 (1938) | #1,337 |
| 1940s | 584 | #845 (1948) | #1,115 |
| 1950s | 863 | #876 (1951) | #1,072 |
| 1960s | 938 | #1,009 (1964) | #1,116 |
| 1970s | 989 | #978 (1975) | #1,192 |
| 1980s | 1,052 | #1,019 (1985) | #1,300 |
| 1990s | 1,076 | #1,154 (1991) | #1,533 |
| 2000s | 579 | #2,258 (2000) | #2,834 |
| 2010s | 331 | #3,848 (2014) | #4,333 |
| 2020s | 216 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 16,898 of them was named Elvia, which outranked 89.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,301Shaunte96
- #1,301Twyla96
- #1,301Yolonda96
- #1,314Elvia95
- #1,314Akilah95
- #1,314Buffy95
- #1,314Corrina95
- #1,323Brigette94
- #1,323Brigitte94
- #1,323Ivonne94
Tied with 8 names at #1,314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.