Elvin
- Last seen for girls in 1972 at #7,292
- #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
- Given to boys 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 392 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,932since 1880
Elvin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Elvin has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,644 | 102 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,510 | 118 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,501 | 118 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,720 | 98 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,667 | 99 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,563 | 105 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,485 | 115 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,443 | 121 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,554 | 105 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,467 | 117 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,359 | 128 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,321 | 132 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,277 | 136 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,226 | 144 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,219 | 143 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,267 | 137 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,173 | 154 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,029 | 185 | |
| 2007 | — | #925 | 214 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,058 | 169 | |
| 2005 | — | #959 | 182 | |
| 2004 | — | #954 | 176 | |
| 2003 | — | #983 | 161 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,064 | 142 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,053 | 137 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,080 | 131 | |
| 1999 | — | #966 | 149 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,146 | 109 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,134 | 110 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,265 | 87 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,069 | 110 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,104 | 104 | |
| 1993 | — | #983 | 121 | |
| 1992 | — | #923 | 132 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,025 | 111 | |
| 1990 | — | #933 | 122 | |
| 1989 | — | #947 | 116 | |
| 1988 | — | #858 | 122 | |
| 1987 | — | #961 | 96 | |
| 1986 | — | #912 | 101 | |
| 1985 | — | #805 | 121 | |
| 1984 | — | #854 | 106 | |
| 1983 | — | #862 | 103 | |
| 1982 | — | #865 | 106 | |
| 1981 | — | #831 | 112 | |
| 1980 | — | #828 | 113 | |
| 1979 | — | #740 | 136 | |
| 1978 | — | #729 | 133 | |
| 1977 | — | #783 | 119 | |
| 1976 | — | #748 | 123 | |
| 1975 | — | #772 | 115 | |
| 1974 | — | #813 | 98 | |
| 1973 | — | #804 | 96 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #728 | 120 |
| 1971 | — | #733 | 126 | |
| 1970 | — | #717 | 131 | |
| 1969 | — | #670 | 139 | |
| 1968 | — | #723 | 107 | |
| 1967 | — | #662 | 127 | |
| 1966 | — | #671 | 122 | |
| 1965 | — | #672 | 122 | |
| 1964 | — | #623 | 155 | |
| 1963 | — | #614 | 160 | |
| 1962 | — | #643 | 145 | |
| 1961 | — | #568 | 191 | |
| 1960 | — | #587 | 176 | |
| 1959 | — | #561 | 192 | |
| 1958 | — | #539 | 204 | |
| 1957 | — | #573 | 182 | |
| 1956 | — | #553 | 188 | |
| 1955 | — | #567 | 170 | |
| 1954 | — | #540 | 179 | |
| 1953 | — | #525 | 183 | |
| 1952 | — | #523 | 178 | |
| 1951 | — | #522 | 172 | |
| 1950 | — | #495 | 182 | |
| 1949 | — | #505 | 174 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #485 | 188 |
| 1947 | — | #457 | 216 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #445 | 202 |
| 1945 | — | #448 | 176 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #428 | 202 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #419 | 219 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #415 | 219 |
| 1941 | — | #415 | 198 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #406 | 200 |
| 1939 | — | #375 | 231 | |
| 1938 | — | #393 | 208 | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #354 | 231 |
| 1936 | — | #356 | 230 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #353 | 241 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #333 | 266 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #340 | 247 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #348 | 255 |
| 1931 | — | #312 | 301 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #307 | 341 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #320 | 299 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #312 | 323 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #284 | 392 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #302 | 352 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #305 | 348 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #323 | 323 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #333 | 304 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #307 | 346 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #312 | 346 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #318 | 331 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #311 | 316 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #319 | 316 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #313 | 291 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #324 | 265 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #287 | 301 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #331 | 192 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #367 | 129 |
| 1912 | — | #334 | 128 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #300 | 78 |
| 1910 | — | #337 | 54 | |
| 1909 | — | #311 | 55 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #341 | 40 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #367 | 29 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #469 | 24 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #473 | 19 | |
| 1897 | — | #459 | 18 | |
| 1896 | — | #424 | 21 | |
| 1895 | — | #383 | 25 | |
| 1894 | — | #464 | 18 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #470 | 15 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elvin was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Elvin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#789 · 1 in 5,404
- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 10,452
- Texas#1,415 · 1 in 13,465
- Florida#1,478 · 1 in 13,648
Best ever in a state: #71 in Iowa, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Texas | #1,415 | 13 | 1 in 13,465 |
| Florida | #1,478 | 7 | 1 in 13,648 |
| California | #1,687 | 9 | 1 in 19,497 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Elvin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 81 spots since 2020 (#1,563 → #1,644)
- Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1881
- Biggest drop: 241 spots in 1890
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #284 (392 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 118 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,819
- Highest: 1 in 2,819 boys born in 1915 were named Elvin (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #284 in 1927, was only 1 in 2,875 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 16.1% of all boys named Elvin (3,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 146 | #375 (1881) | #495 |
| 1890s | 190 | #383 (1895) | #450 |
| 1900s | 326 | #311 (1909) | #379 |
| 1910s | 2,070 | #287 (1915) | #322 |
| 1920s | 3,364 | #284 (1927) | #312 |
| 1930s | 2,551 | #307 (1930) | #347 |
| 1940s | 1,994 | #406 (1940) | #442 |
| 1950s | 1,830 | #495 (1950) | #540 |
| 1960s | 1,444 | #568 (1961) | #643 |
| 1970s | 1,197 | #717 (1970) | #757 |
| 1980s | 1,096 | #805 (1985) | #872 |
| 1990s | 1,155 | #923 (1992) | #1,055 |
| 2000s | 1,651 | #925 (2007) | #1,028 |
| 2010s | 1,278 | #1,219 (2011) | #1,362 |
| 2020s | 640 | #1,501 (2023) | #1,601 |
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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