Elvin

Last seen for girls in 1972 at #7,292 · #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1927 · 392 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,932
since 1880

Elvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elvin has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #284, 1927boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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#1,644102
2024#1,510118
2023#1,501118
2022#1,72098
2021#1,66799
2020#1,563105
2019#1,485115
2018#1,443121
2017#1,554105
2016#1,467117
2015#1,359128
2014#1,321132
2013#1,277136
2012#1,226144
2011#1,219143
2010#1,267137
2009#1,173154
2008#1,029185
2007#925214
2006#1,058169
2005#959182
2004#954176
2003#983161
2002#1,064142
2001#1,053137
2000#1,080131
1999#966149
1998#1,146109
1997#1,134110
1996#1,26587
1995#1,069110
1994#1,104104
1993#983121
1992#923132
1991#1,025111
1990#933122
1989#947116
1988#858122
1987#96196
1986#912101
1985#805121
1984#854106
1983#862103
1982#865106
1981#831112
1980#828113
1979#740136
1978#729133
1977#783119
1976#748123
1975#772115
1974#81398
1973#80496
1972#7,2926#728120
1971#733126
1970#717131
1969#670139
1968#723107
1967#662127
1966#671122
1965#672122
1964#623155
1963#614160
1962#643145
1961#568191
1960#587176
1959#561192
1958#539204
1957#573182
1956#553188
1955#567170
1954#540179
1953#525183
1952#523178
1951#522172
1950#495182
1949#505174
1948#5,2435#485188
1947#457216
1946#4,4176#445202
1945#448176
1944#4,0546#428202
1943#4,1966#419219
1942#4,6225#415219
1941#415198
1940#3,5037#406200
1939#375231
1938#393208
1937#3,4347#354231
1936#356230
1935#3,7426#353241
1934#3,4497#333266
1933#4,2185#340247
1932#4,4115#348255
1931#312301
1930#4,0476#307341
1929#3,6827#320299
1928#3,7437#312323
1927#3,05310#284392
1926#4,8515#302352
1925#3,3629#305348
1924#2,97311#323323
1923#2,73212#333304
1922#4,0117#307346
1921#4,4646#312346
1920#2,73112#318331
1919#3,00510#311316
1918#3,8697#319316
1917#2,31614#313291
1916#3,9196#324265
1915#2,52611#287301
1914#2,4349#331192
1913#2,1649#367129
1912#334128
1911#2,4635#30078
1910#33754
1909#31155
1908#34942
1907#34140
1906#36333
1905#41027
1904#37929
1903#43022
1902#36729
1901#37125
1900#46924
1899#40221
1898#47319
1897#45918
1896#42421
1895#38325
1894#46418
1893#40120
1892#38424
1891#47614
1890#62910
1889#38821
1888#50515
1887#6319
1886#47015
1885#54712
1884#50414
1883#46015
1882#46915
1881#37520
1880#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elvin was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

See more about Elvin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 134 spots since 2024 (#1,510#1,644)
  • 81 spots since 2020 (#1,563#1,644)
  • 285 spots since 2015 (#1,359#1,644)
  • Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1881 (#600#375)
  • Biggest drop: 241 spots in 1890 (#388#629)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1927 at #284 (392 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 118 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,819
  • Highest: 1 in 2,819 boys born in 1915 were named Elvin (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #284 in 1927, was only 1 in 2,875 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Elvin (3,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s146#375 (1881)#495
1890s190#383 (1895)#450
1900s326#311 (1909)#379
1910s2,070#287 (1915)#322
1920s3,364#284 (1927)#312
1930s2,551#307 (1930)#347
1940s1,994#406 (1940)#442
1950s1,830#495 (1950)#540
1960s1,444#568 (1961)#643
1970s1,197#717 (1970)#757
1980s1,096#805 (1985)#872
1990s1,155#923 (1992)#1,055
2000s1,651#925 (2007)#1,028
2010s1,278#1,219 (2011)#1,362
2020s640#1,501 (2023)#1,601

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elvin in 1927

girls
#3,053
10 births · 1 in 119,243 girls
boys
#284
392 births · 1 in 2,875 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #3,053Elvin10

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #284Elvin392
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 119,243 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 45.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #2,859Wilberta11
  2. #2,859Willamae11
  3. #2,859Zenith11
  4. #3,053Elvin10
  5. #3,053Adelyn10
  6. #3,053Aldena10
  7. #3,053Aldonia10
  8. #3,284Agripina9
  9. #3,284Al9
  10. #3,284Ala9

Tied with 230 names at #3,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 2,875 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 94.1% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #281Morton409
  2. #282Abraham406
  3. #283Aubrey393
  4. #284Elvin392
  5. #284Joel392
  6. #286Cornelius390
  7. #287Adam389
  8. #287Merlin389

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927