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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #284, 1927boys
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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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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 1940

girls
#3,503
7 births · 1 in 163,361 girls
boys
#406
200 births · 1 in 5,796 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #3,503Elvin7

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #406Elvin200
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 163,361 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #3,208Zane8
  2. #3,208Zela8
  3. #3,208Zondra8
  4. #3,503Elvin7
  5. #3,503Adean7
  6. #3,503Agapita7
  7. #3,503Aleatha7
  8. #3,863Adina6
  9. #3,863Adra6
  10. #3,863Adrain6

Tied with 359 names at #3,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 5,796 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 89.7% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #402Weldon204
  2. #404Charley201
  3. #404Elijah201
  4. #406Elvin200
  5. #406Bryan200
  6. #406Robin200
  7. #409Hollis198
  8. #409Ollie198
  9. #411Elliott197

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

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940