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 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#285 · 1 in 2,168
- Louisiana#336 · 1 in 2,382
- Mississippi#403 · 1 in 3,388
- Georgia#448 · 1 in 5,286
Best ever in a state: #214 in Maine, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #285 | 15 | 1 in 2,168 |
| Louisiana | #336 | 10 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Mississippi | #403 | 7 | 1 in 3,388 |
| Georgia | #448 | 6 | 1 in 5,286 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
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| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
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| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 19,433 of them was named Elvie, which outranked 83.0% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #952Lolita62
- #952Ozella62
- #952Violette62
- #958Elvie61
- #958Annis61
- #958Garnett61
- #958Kathryne61
- #963Concha60
- #963Denise60
- #963Elmer60
Tied with 4 names at #958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 111,051 of them was named Elvie, which outranked 43.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,566Ysabel11
- #2,566Ysidro11
- #2,566Zollie11
- #2,725Elvie10
- #2,725Abran10
- #2,725Agustus10
- #2,725Aloysuis10
- #2,904Abbie9
- #2,904Abie9
- #2,904Abron9
Tied with 178 names at #2,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.