Elver
- Last seen for girls in 1955 at #5,828
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 86.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 305since 1900
Elver over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
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| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
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| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
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| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #3,175 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
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| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #3,897 | 5 |
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| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1900
The first year at least five boys were named Elver! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Elver is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Elver in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Elver
Momentum · boys
Brand new
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1900 at #1,310 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 30,095
- Highest: 1 in 30,095 boys born in 1900 were named Elver (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 32.1% of all boys named Elver (98) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
- Mostly girls until 1990, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,310 (1900) | #1,310 |
| 1910s | 31 | #2,699 (1918) | #3,283 |
| 1920s | 67 | #2,313 (1925) | #3,274 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,175 (1938) | #3,588 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 30 | #5,942 (1991) | #8,010 |
| 2000s | 98 | #4,815 (2003) | #7,755 |
| 2010s | 45 | #7,562 (2014) | #9,429 |
| 2020s | 18 | #6,897 (2023) | #8,796 |
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.
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