Elvira
#1,710 for girls in 2025, 119 births · Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,525
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 405 births
- Debut · girls
- 30 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 27,234since 1880
Elvira over time
Rank among girls' names. Elvira 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 | #1,710 | 119 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,336 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,617 | 67 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,278 | 79 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,465 | 66 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,968 | 89 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,096 | 79 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,801 | 96 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,620 | 100 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,682 | 93 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,722 | 87 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,715 | 85 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,569 | 98 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,486 | 106 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,335 | 123 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,100 | 159 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,461 | 100 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,354 | 105 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,446 | 90 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,226 | 112 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,168 | 115 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,120 | 120 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,040 | 140 | — | |
| 1981 | #927 | 162 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,097 | 126 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,036 | 134 | — | |
| 1978 | #981 | 141 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,097 | 118 | — | |
| 1976 | #897 | 147 | — | |
| 1975 | #923 | 140 | — | |
| 1974 | #831 | 159 | — | |
| 1973 | #911 | 135 | — | |
| 1972 | #993 | 120 | — | |
| 1971 | #889 | 149 | — | |
| 1970 | #877 | 152 | — | |
| 1969 | #807 | 163 | — | |
| 1968 | #831 | 150 | — | |
| 1967 | #820 | 148 | — | |
| 1966 | #763 | 165 | — | |
| 1965 | #759 | 170 | — | |
| 1964 | #815 | 165 | — | |
| 1963 | #753 | 187 | — | |
| 1962 | #763 | 186 | — | |
| 1961 | #734 | 202 | — | |
| 1960 | #740 | 189 | — | |
| 1959 | #731 | 191 | — | |
| 1958 | #678 | 213 | — | |
| 1957 | #715 | 194 | — | |
| 1956 | #642 | 219 | — | |
| 1955 | #604 | 233 | — | |
| 1954 | #560 | 251 | — | |
| 1953 | #571 | 237 | — | |
| 1952 | #562 | 239 | — | |
| 1951 | #598 | 205 | — | |
| 1950 | #543 | 230 | — | |
| 1949 | #541 | 237 | — | |
| 1948 | #517 | 253 | — | |
| 1947 | #525 | 253 | — | |
| 1946 | #501 | 242 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #485 | 221 | — | |
| 1944 | #480 | 222 | — | |
| 1943 | #470 | 244 | — | |
| 1942 | #491 | 229 | — | |
| 1941 | #456 | 231 | — | |
| 1940 | #440 | 239 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #436 | 238 | — | |
| 1938 | #403 | 274 | — | |
| 1937 | #420 | 237 | — | |
| 1936 | #379 | 282 | — | |
| 1935 | #370 | 294 | — | |
| 1934 | #358 | 310 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #359 | 307 | — | |
| 1932 | #316 | 409 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #328 | 379 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #304 | 480 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #285 | 514 | — | |
| 1928 | #303 | 481 | — | |
| 1927 | #293 | 524 | — | |
| 1926 | #290 | 532 | — | |
| 1925 | #294 | 526 | — | |
| 1924 | #272 | 579 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #274 | 553 | — | |
| 1922 | #271 | 574 | — | |
| 1921 | #278 | 569 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #268 | 592 | — | |
| 1919 | #270 | 553 | — | |
| 1918 | #263 | 575 | — | |
| 1917 | #255 | 589 | — | |
| 1916 | #256 | 567 | — | |
| 1915 | #274 | 465 | — | |
| 1914 | #254 | 405 | — | |
| 1913 | #256 | 327 | — | |
| 1912 | #256 | 305 | — | |
| 1911 | #255 | 230 | — | |
| 1910 | #263 | 213 | — | |
| 1909 | #256 | 196 | — | |
| 1908 | #266 | 179 | — | |
| 1907 | #282 | 154 | — | |
| 1906 | #301 | 123 | — | |
| 1905 | #282 | 138 | — | |
| 1904 | #299 | 116 | — | |
| 1903 | #297 | 110 | — | |
| 1902 | #266 | 137 | — | |
| 1901 | #297 | 105 | — | |
| 1900 | #279 | 135 | — | |
| 1899 | #286 | 104 | — | |
| 1898 | #289 | 113 | — | |
| 1897 | #278 | 103 | — | |
| 1896 | #267 | 114 | — | |
| 1895 | #294 | 94 | — | |
| 1894 | #299 | 84 | — | |
| 1893 | #313 | 74 | — | |
| 1892 | #303 | 81 | — | |
| 1891 | #344 | 53 | — | |
| 1890 | #315 | 64 | — | |
| 1889 | #315 | 60 | — | |
| 1888 | #311 | 59 | — | |
| 1887 | #297 | 51 | — | |
| 1886 | #270 | 59 | — | |
| 1885 | #272 | 53 | — | |
| 1884 | #315 | 39 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #317 | 31 | — | |
| 1881 | #262 | 38 | — | |
| 1880 | #282 | 30 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elvira was already there! It came in at #282, and was given to 30 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 40 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elvira
- 538 spots since 2024 (#2,248 → #1,710)
- 839 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #1,710)
- 1,544 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #1,710)
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1981 (#1,097 → #927)
- Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1977 (#897 → #1,097)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #254 (405 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1880–1976
- Highest: 1 in 1,772 girls born in 1909 were named Elvira (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,506 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #254 in 1914, was only 1 in 1,880 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.0% of all girls named Elvira (5,444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 446 | #262 (1881) | #300 |
| 1890s | 884 | #267 (1896) | #299 |
| 1900s | 1,393 | #256 (1909) | #283 |
| 1910s | 4,229 | #254 (1914) | #260 |
| 1920s | 5,444 | #268 (1920) | #283 |
| 1930s | 3,210 | #304 (1930) | #367 |
| 1940s | 2,371 | #440 (1940) | #491 |
| 1950s | 2,212 | #543 (1950) | #620 |
| 1960s | 1,725 | #734 (1961) | #779 |
| 1970s | 1,395 | #831 (1974) | #944 |
| 1980s | 1,172 | #927 (1981) | #1,214 |
| 1990s | 1,022 | #1,100 (1990) | #1,584 |
| 2000s | 724 | #1,801 (2000) | #2,457 |
| 2010s | 532 | #2,617 (2016) | #3,167 |
| 2020s | 475 | #1,710 (2025) | #2,373 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elvira in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 2,809 of them was named Elvira, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 148,524 of them was named Elvira, which outranked 28.4% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,864Worthy8
- #2,864York8
- #2,864Ysabel8
- #3,095Elvira7
- #3,095Achille7
- #3,095Admiral7
- #3,095Akio7
- #3,390Ada6
- #3,390Adelaido6
- #3,390Alcee6
Tied with 294 names at #3,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.