Elvie
#3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 78.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,704since 1881
Elvie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,832 | 38 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,197 | 39 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #967 | 59 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #850 | 75 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #958 | 61 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #920 | 68 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,129 | 46 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #897 | 66 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #784 | 87 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #857 | 71 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #771 | 83 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #851 | 71 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #729 | 92 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #831 | 61 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #759 | 58 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #794 | 29 | — | |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #698 | 31 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #765 | 23 | — | |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #600 | 30 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | — | |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | — | |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Elvie! It came in at #582, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elvie
- 375 spots since 2024 (#4,207 → #3,832)
- 4,574 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #3,832)
- 9,174 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #3,832)
- Biggest jump: 469 spots in 1899 (#1,098 → #629)
- Biggest drop: 471 spots in 1898 (#627 → #1,098)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #582 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 80 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1899–1922
- Highest: 1 in 8,802 girls born in 1902 were named Elvie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,297 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #582 in 1881, was only 1 in 10,217 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.3% of all girls named Elvie (631) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2011, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #582 (1881) | #795 |
| 1890s | 165 | #627 (1897) | #788 |
| 1900s | 258 | #600 (1902) | #718 |
| 1910s | 591 | #721 (1913) | #779 |
| 1920s | 631 | #784 (1921) | #949 |
| 1930s | 342 | #1,102 (1939) | #1,247 |
| 1940s | 204 | #1,472 (1941) | #2,065 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,436 (1950) | #3,460 |
| 1960s | 48 | #4,202 (1965) | #5,008 |
| 1970s | 20 | #6,558 (1972) | #6,871 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,128 (1981) | #8,128 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 75 | #7,230 (2016) | #11,686 |
| 2020s | 169 | #3,832 (2025) | #5,197 |
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.
Elvie in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 19,548 of them was named Elvie, which outranked 82.2% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 69,226 of them was named Elvie, which outranked 58.5% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,902Windle17
- #1,902Ygnacio17
- #1,902Zebedee17
- #1,960Elvie16
- #1,960Alpha16
- #1,960Alston16
- #1,960Archer16
- #2,048Adalberto15
- #2,048Alphonsus15
- #2,048Amadeo15
Tied with 87 names at #1,960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.