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
#284
1927 · 392 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

girls
#7,292
6 births · 1 in 253,541 girls
boys
#728
120 births · 1 in 13,513 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #7,292Elvin6

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #728Elvin120
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 253,541 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #6,558Yukiko7
  2. #6,558Zorina7
  3. #6,558Zully7
  4. #7,292Elvin6
  5. #7,292Adonia6
  6. #7,292Afua6
  7. #7,292Aggie6
  8. #8,292Aarona5
  9. #8,292Abigale5
  10. #8,292Adabel5

Tied with 999 names at #7,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 13,513 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 87.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #724Reed121
  2. #724Rod121
  3. #724Vince121
  4. #728Elvin120
  5. #729Elvis119
  6. #729Judson119
  7. #729Nickolas119
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →