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
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 392 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,932since 1880
Elvin over time
Rank among boys' names. Elvin has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #1,644 | 102 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,510 | 118 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,501 | 118 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,720 | 98 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,667 | 99 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,563 | 105 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,485 | 115 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,443 | 121 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,554 | 105 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,467 | 117 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,359 | 128 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,321 | 132 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,277 | 136 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,226 | 144 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,219 | 143 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,267 | 137 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,173 | 154 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,029 | 185 | |
| 2007 | — | #925 | 214 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,058 | 169 | |
| 2005 | — | #959 | 182 | |
| 2004 | — | #954 | 176 | |
| 2003 | — | #983 | 161 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,064 | 142 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,053 | 137 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,080 | 131 | |
| 1999 | — | #966 | 149 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,146 | 109 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,134 | 110 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,265 | 87 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,069 | 110 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,104 | 104 | |
| 1993 | — | #983 | 121 | |
| 1992 | — | #923 | 132 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,025 | 111 | |
| 1990 | — | #933 | 122 | |
| 1989 | — | #947 | 116 | |
| 1988 | — | #858 | 122 | |
| 1987 | — | #961 | 96 | |
| 1986 | — | #912 | 101 | |
| 1985 | — | #805 | 121 | |
| 1984 | — | #854 | 106 | |
| 1983 | — | #862 | 103 | |
| 1982 | — | #865 | 106 | |
| 1981 | — | #831 | 112 | |
| 1980 | — | #828 | 113 | |
| 1979 | — | #740 | 136 | |
| 1978 | — | #729 | 133 | |
| 1977 | — | #783 | 119 | |
| 1976 | — | #748 | 123 | |
| 1975 | — | #772 | 115 | |
| 1974 | — | #813 | 98 | |
| 1973 | — | #804 | 96 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #728 | 120 |
| 1971 | — | #733 | 126 | |
| 1970 | — | #717 | 131 | |
| 1969 | — | #670 | 139 | |
| 1968 | — | #723 | 107 | |
| 1967 | — | #662 | 127 | |
| 1966 | — | #671 | 122 | |
| 1965 | — | #672 | 122 | |
| 1964 | — | #623 | 155 | |
| 1963 | — | #614 | 160 | |
| 1962 | — | #643 | 145 | |
| 1961 | — | #568 | 191 | |
| 1960 | — | #587 | 176 | |
| 1959 | — | #561 | 192 | |
| 1958 | — | #539 | 204 | |
| 1957 | — | #573 | 182 | |
| 1956 | — | #553 | 188 | |
| 1955 | — | #567 | 170 | |
| 1954 | — | #540 | 179 | |
| 1953 | — | #525 | 183 | |
| 1952 | — | #523 | 178 | |
| 1951 | — | #522 | 172 | |
| 1950 | — | #495 | 182 | |
| 1949 | — | #505 | 174 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #485 | 188 |
| 1947 | — | #457 | 216 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #445 | 202 |
| 1945 | — | #448 | 176 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #428 | 202 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #419 | 219 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #415 | 219 |
| 1941 | — | #415 | 198 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #406 | 200 |
| 1939 | — | #375 | 231 | |
| 1938 | — | #393 | 208 | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #354 | 231 |
| 1936 | — | #356 | 230 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #353 | 241 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #333 | 266 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #340 | 247 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #348 | 255 |
| 1931 | — | #312 | 301 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #307 | 341 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #320 | 299 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #312 | 323 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #284 | 392 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #302 | 352 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #305 | 348 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #323 | 323 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #333 | 304 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #307 | 346 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #312 | 346 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #318 | 331 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #311 | 316 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #319 | 316 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #313 | 291 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #324 | 265 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #287 | 301 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #331 | 192 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #367 | 129 |
| 1912 | — | #334 | 128 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #300 | 78 |
| 1910 | — | #337 | 54 | |
| 1909 | — | #311 | 55 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #341 | 40 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #367 | 29 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #469 | 24 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #473 | 19 | |
| 1897 | — | #459 | 18 | |
| 1896 | — | #424 | 21 | |
| 1895 | — | #383 | 25 | |
| 1894 | — | #464 | 18 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #284 (392 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1990
- 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
- 16.1% of all boys named Elvin (3,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 146 | #375 (1881) | #495 |
| 1890s | 190 | #383 (1895) | #450 |
| 1900s | 326 | #311 (1909) | #379 |
| 1910s | 2,070 | #287 (1915) | #322 |
| 1920s | 3,364 | #284 (1927) | #312 |
| 1930s | 2,551 | #307 (1930) | #347 |
| 1940s | 1,994 | #406 (1940) | #442 |
| 1950s | 1,830 | #495 (1950) | #540 |
| 1960s | 1,444 | #568 (1961) | #643 |
| 1970s | 1,197 | #717 (1970) | #757 |
| 1980s | 1,096 | #805 (1985) | #872 |
| 1990s | 1,155 | #923 (1992) | #1,055 |
| 2000s | 1,651 | #925 (2007) | #1,028 |
| 2010s | 1,278 | #1,219 (2011) | #1,362 |
| 2020s | 640 | #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 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 213,430 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 687 names at #4,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 4,095 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.