Elva
#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262
Given to girls 97.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 283 births
- Debut · girls
- 44 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 31,697since 1880
Elva over time
Rank among girls' names. Elva has never cracked the top 100 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 | #3,645 | 41 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,172 | 50 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,245 | 49 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,060 | 54 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,482 | 47 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,888 | 51 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,844 | 51 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,480 | 61 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,610 | 54 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,084 | 66 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,999 | 70 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,725 | 86 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,769 | 82 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,873 | 70 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,660 | 78 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,748 | 68 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,552 | 72 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,319 | 95 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,570 | 74 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,420 | 86 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,374 | 85 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,325 | 87 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,206 | 94 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,083 | 108 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,239 | 88 | — | |
| 1973 | #990 | 120 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,096 | 103 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,093 | 110 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,099 | 107 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 | — | |
| 1968 | #913 | 128 | — | |
| 1967 | #872 | 136 | — | |
| 1966 | #869 | 133 | — | |
| 1965 | #803 | 152 | — | |
| 1964 | #850 | 150 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #856 | 149 | — | |
| 1962 | #789 | 173 | — | |
| 1961 | #788 | 177 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #740 | 189 | — | |
| 1959 | #716 | 195 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #690 | 205 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #690 | 208 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #648 | 217 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #585 | 246 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #546 | 266 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #586 | 228 | — | |
| 1952 | #590 | 218 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #495 | 274 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #554 | 225 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #518 | 249 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #512 | 257 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #482 | 290 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #488 | 253 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #464 | 239 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #451 | 258 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #427 | 298 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #448 | 269 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #403 | 284 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #384 | 301 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #356 | 333 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #361 | 324 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #363 | 318 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #343 | 333 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #328 | 369 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #329 | 359 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #296 | 420 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #315 | 412 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #315 | 414 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #291 | 512 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #276 | 540 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #275 | 560 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #285 | 551 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #278 | 572 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #265 | 632 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #263 | 631 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #251 | 655 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #249 | 686 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #249 | 720 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #234 | 767 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #223 | 782 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #225 | 789 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #223 | 760 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #217 | 783 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #216 | 753 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #224 | 563 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #209 | 496 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #216 | 430 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #202 | 354 | — | |
| 1910 | #194 | 342 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #205 | 279 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #201 | 279 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #184 | 297 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #201 | 235 | — | |
| 1905 | #189 | 261 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #193 | 234 | — | |
| 1903 | #182 | 255 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #182 | 253 | — | |
| 1901 | #161 | 283 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #178 | 301 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #197 | 194 | — | |
| 1898 | #179 | 261 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #198 | 198 | — | |
| 1896 | #196 | 198 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #182 | 218 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #200 | 176 | — | |
| 1893 | #201 | 156 | — | |
| 1892 | #187 | 181 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #187 | 158 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #185 | 160 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #195 | 135 | — | |
| 1888 | #197 | 128 | — | |
| 1887 | #205 | 99 | — | |
| 1886 | #190 | 110 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #176 | 108 | — | |
| 1884 | #210 | 81 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #204 | 72 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #183 | 75 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #213 | 51 | — | |
| 1880 | #233 | 44 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elva was already there! It came in at #233, and was given to 44 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2011–2015, when fewer than 46 girls a year got the name.
Where Elva is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#163 · 1 in 634
- Texas#216 · 1 in 1,201
- West Virginia#221 · 1 in 1,526
- District of Columbia#234 · 1 in 1,843
- Arizona#261 · 1 in 1,307
Best ever in a state: #18 in Utah, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #163 | 10 | 1 in 634 |
| Texas | #216 | 63 | 1 in 1,201 |
| West Virginia | #221 | 12 | 1 in 1,526 |
| District of Columbia | #234 | 5 | 1 in 1,843 |
| Arizona | #261 | 5 | 1 in 1,307 |
| Virginia | #281 | 12 | 1 in 2,449 |
| Kentucky | #286 | 12 | 1 in 2,313 |
| Pennsylvania | #343 | 18 | 1 in 4,439 |
| Tennessee | #379 | 8 | 1 in 3,886 |
| Louisiana | #389 | 8 | 1 in 3,353 |
| Alabama | #409 | 7 | 1 in 4,597 |
| North Carolina | #421 | 8 | 1 in 5,145 |
| Georgia | #506 | 5 | 1 in 7,133 |
| California | #524 | 12 | 1 in 6,653 |
| Illinois | #600 | 6 | 1 in 10,557 |
| New York | #601 | 9 | 1 in 11,719 |
| Ohio | #601 | 5 | 1 in 11,973 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elva
- 6 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,645)
- 246 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #3,645)
- 112 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #3,645)
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1973 (#1,096 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 249 spots in 1974 (#990 → #1,239)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #161 (283 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 65 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 846 girls born in 1901 were named Elva (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.9% of all girls named Elva (6,314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 903 | #176 (1885) | #201 |
| 1890s | 1,900 | #179 (1898) | #191 |
| 1900s | 2,677 | #161 (1901) | #188 |
| 1910s | 6,052 | #194 (1910) | #215 |
| 1920s | 6,314 | #234 (1920) | #263 |
| 1930s | 3,794 | #291 (1930) | #330 |
| 1940s | 2,698 | #384 (1940) | #458 |
| 1950s | 2,282 | #495 (1951) | #610 |
| 1960s | 1,508 | #740 (1960) | #846 |
| 1970s | 988 | #990 (1973) | #1,193 |
| 1980s | 754 | #1,319 (1981) | #1,608 |
| 1990s | 652 | #1,725 (1993) | #2,164 |
| 2000s | 472 | #2,480 (2000) | #3,303 |
| 2010s | 461 | #3,060 (2016) | #3,452 |
| 2020s | 242 | #3,399 (2020) | #3,731 |
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.
Elva in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
Top boys' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 5,144 of them was named Elva, which outranked 91.4% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 113,573 of them was named Elva, which outranked 46.8% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,988Wash13
- #1,988Windle13
- #1,988Winthrop13
- #2,080Elva12
- #2,080Aden12
- #2,080Ambrosio12
- #2,080Archibald12
- #2,195Adalberto11
- #2,195Ali11
- #2,195Alvester11
Tied with 114 names at #2,080; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.