Elvera

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306

Peak · girls
1919 · 217 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,200
since 1887

Elvera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elvera has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #447, 1919girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
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2022#15,3065
2021#12,2067
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2018—
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2015—
2014—
2013—
2012#16,8695
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006#17,1685
2005—
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2003#15,7845
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1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989#12,3625
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985#8,3187
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980#10,3925
1979#8,0617
1978—
1977—
1976#7,2967
1975#5,51610
1974#8,7755
1973—
1972—
1971#8,3245
1970#7,9955
1969—
1968#4,22211
1967#3,65613
1966#3,95911
1965#5,2897
1964#3,24416
1963#4,01911
1962#3,03317
1961#3,79312
1960#3,68812
1959#3,43613
1958#2,97216
1957#2,56320
1956#2,92916
1955#2,22224
1954#1,87531
1953#2,30121
1952#1,93427
1951#1,77230
1950#1,67931
1949#1,91725
1948#2,00823
1947#1,57636
1946#1,46736
1945#1,45031
1944#1,54528
1943#1,15449
1942#1,03757
1941#1,16641
1940#1,02349
1939#85767
1938#95555
1937#90458
1936#92954
1935#81370
1934#78174
1933#73281
1932#646107
1931#647105
1930#657109
1929#617124
1928#611133
1927#588144
1926#520181
1925#541174
1924#565166
1923#500193
1922#484202
1921#464219
1920#467212
1919#447217
1918#467204
1917#460198
1916#448200
1915#451186
1914#522115
1913#497105
1912#476101
1911#59252
1910#56054
1909#56646
1908#63936
1907#56442
1906#61134
1905#79721
1904#61231
1903#64027
1902#57133
1901#61526
1900#63930
1899#90613
1898#75020
1897#78616
1896#1,1229
1895#81515
1894#1,0619
1893#95510
1892#1,4505
1891#1,0937
1890#1,0997
1889—
1888—
1887#1,0366
1886—
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Elvera! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Elvera is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #158 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,053 girlsMNIllinois: #292 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,920 girlsILWisconsin: #241 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,237 girlsWIMichigan: #399 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,286 girlsMINew York: #420 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,061 girlsNYMassachusetts: #281 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,937 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedSDIowa: #265 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,189 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedINOhio: #410 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,061 girlsOHPennsylvania: #430 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,670 girlsPANew Jersey: #265 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,439 girlsNJConnecticut: #240 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,566 girlsCTCalifornia: #313 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,576 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedUTColorado: #241 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,527 girlsCONebraska: #281 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,064 girlsNEMissouri: #386 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,823 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedHITexas: #844 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,826 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elvera, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#158 · 1 in 1,053
  2. Connecticut#240 · 1 in 2,566
  3. Colorado#241 · 1 in 1,527
  4. Wisconsin#241 · 1 in 2,237
  5. Iowa#265 · 1 in 2,189

Best ever in a state: #132 in Minnesota, 1919.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#158221 in 1,053
Connecticut#24051 in 2,566
Colorado#24161 in 1,527
Wisconsin#241111 in 2,237
Iowa#265101 in 2,189
New Jersey#26591 in 3,439
Massachusetts#28191 in 3,937
Nebraska#28161 in 2,064
Illinois#292201 in 2,920
California#313121 in 2,576
Missouri#38681 in 3,823
Michigan#39971 in 5,286
Ohio#41091 in 6,061
New York#420141 in 7,061
Pennsylvania#430111 in 8,670
Texas#84461 in 9,826
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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 Elvera
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 495 spots in 1893 (#1,450 → #955)
  • Biggest drop: 307 spots in 1896 (#815 → #1,122)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1919 at #447 (217 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1897–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,208
  • Highest: 1 in 5,208 girls born in 1919 were named Elvera (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Elvera (1,748) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,036 (1887)#1,036
1890s111#750 (1898)#1,004
1900s326#564 (1907)#625
1910s1,432#447 (1919)#492
1920s1,748#464 (1921)#536
1930s780#646 (1932)#792
1940s375#1,023 (1940)#1,434
1950s229#1,679 (1950)#2,368
1960s110#3,033 (1962)#3,878
1970s39#5,516 (1975)#7,661
1980s17#8,318 (1985)#10,357
1990s0——
2000s10#15,784 (2003)#16,476
2010s5#16,869 (2012)#16,869
2020s12#12,206 (2021)#13,756

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.

Elvera in 1922

girls
#484
202 births · 1 in 5,946 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #484Elvera202
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 5,946 of them was named Elvera, which outranked 91.6% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvera
  1. #481Elena205
  2. #481Enid205
  3. #483Theda204
  4. #484Elvera202
  5. #484Elise202
  6. #484Hortense202
  7. #487Leta200
  8. #488Alfreda199
  9. #488Charles199

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

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →