Elvie
#3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 78.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,704since 1881
Elvie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,832 | 38 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,320 | 31 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,197 | 39 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #967 | 59 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #850 | 75 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #958 | 61 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #920 | 68 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,129 | 46 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #897 | 66 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #784 | 87 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #857 | 71 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #771 | 83 | #1,752 | 19 |
| 1918 | #851 | 71 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #729 | 92 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #831 | 61 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #759 | 58 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #794 | 29 | — | |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #698 | 31 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #765 | 23 | — | |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #600 | 30 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | — | |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | — | |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Elvie! It came in at #582, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Elvie is popular in 1890
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Elvie
- 375 spots since 2024 (#4,207 → #3,832)
- 4,574 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #3,832)
- 9,174 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #3,832)
- Biggest jump: 469 spots in 1899 (#1,098 → #629)
- Biggest drop: 471 spots in 1898 (#627 → #1,098)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #582 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 80 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1899–1922
- Highest: 1 in 8,802 girls born in 1902 were named Elvie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,297 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #582 in 1881, was only 1 in 10,217 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.3% of all girls named Elvie (631) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2011, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 74 | #582 (1881) | #795 |
| 1890s | 165 | #627 (1897) | #788 |
| 1900s | 258 | #600 (1902) | #718 |
| 1910s | 591 | #721 (1913) | #779 |
| 1920s | 631 | #784 (1921) | #949 |
| 1930s | 342 | #1,102 (1939) | #1,247 |
| 1940s | 204 | #1,472 (1941) | #2,065 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,436 (1950) | #3,460 |
| 1960s | 48 | #4,202 (1965) | #5,008 |
| 1970s | 20 | #6,558 (1972) | #6,871 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,128 (1981) | #8,128 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 75 | #7,230 (2016) | #11,686 |
| 2020s | 169 | #3,832 (2025) | #5,197 |
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.
Elvie in 1890
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More about 1890
girls
190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 23,797 of them was named Elvie, which outranked 34.4% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Elvie, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.