Elvin

Where Elvin comes from

Variant of Alvin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elvin
Elvin through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys, with 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1927
    Elvin Jones born
    American jazz drummer
  3. 1927
    Peak, #284
    392 babies named Elvin, the most in any year.
  4. 1945
    Elvin Hayes born
    American basketball player
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #448.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Elvin Jones · American jazz drummer, 1927–2004
  • Elvin Hayes · American basketball player, born 1945
  • Elvin Bishop · American musician, born 1942
  • Elvin Mammadov · football player, born 1988
  • Elvin Beqiri · Albanian footballer, born 1980

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.