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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #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 1946

girls
#4,417
6 births · 1 in 261,884 girls
boys
#445
202 births · 1 in 8,040 boys

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #4,417Elvin6

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #445Elvin202
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 261,884 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 22.3% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #3,994Yvonnie7
  2. #3,994Zannie7
  3. #3,994Zeola7
  4. #4,417Elvin6
  5. #4,417Adean6
  6. #4,417Adelyn6
  7. #4,417Adrien6
  8. #4,960Adine5
  9. #4,960Adlene5
  10. #4,960Adra5

Tied with 542 names at #4,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. 1,830Jacalyn#2,742#912
  2. 914Kimberly#1,621#707
  3. 615Suzette#1,032#417
  4. 538Randi#1,356#818
  5. 528Dayle#1,356#828
Fallers
  1. 335Oma#941#1,276
  2. 324Iola#824#1,148
  3. 324Artie#994#1,318
  4. 303Eartha#954#1,257
  5. 301Willia#830#1,131

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

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 8,040 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 88.9% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #442Merlin207
  2. #442Will207
  3. #444Stan205
  4. #445Elvin202
  5. #445Enrique202
  6. #445Miles202
  7. #448Jasper201
  8. #448Weldon201
  9. #450Eddy199

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

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. 584Zachary#1,536#952
  2. 514Patric#1,494#980
  3. 385Kris#1,296#911
  4. 385Rich#1,296#911
  5. 380Furman#1,270#890
Fallers
  1. 469Layton#971#1,440
  2. 438Farris#971#1,409
  3. 394Delano#558#952
  4. 312Leopoldo#864#1,176
  5. 290Rosevelt#927#1,217

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

See the top 100 for 1946