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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Elvin has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | |
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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#144 · 1 in 726
- Kansas#149 · 1 in 921
- Idaho#160 · 1 in 796
- Colorado#160 · 1 in 932
- Oklahoma#186 · 1 in 1,091
Best ever in a state: #71 in Iowa, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #144 | 8 | 1 in 726 |
| Kansas | #149 | 16 | 1 in 921 |
| Colorado | #160 | 8 | 1 in 932 |
| Idaho | #160 | 5 | 1 in 796 |
| Oklahoma | #186 | 18 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Louisiana | #189 | 16 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Maryland | #199 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Nebraska | #205 | 8 | 1 in 1,417 |
| Minnesota | #216 | 12 | 1 in 1,697 |
| Iowa | #217 | 11 | 1 in 1,837 |
| Virginia | #219 | 12 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Arkansas | #224 | 12 | 1 in 1,351 |
| Missouri | #238 | 14 | 1 in 1,912 |
| North Carolina | #245 | 14 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Indiana | #276 | 8 | 1 in 2,923 |
| New Jersey | #284 | 6 | 1 in 4,578 |
| Mississippi | #287 | 8 | 1 in 2,225 |
| Wisconsin | #291 | 7 | 1 in 3,174 |
| South Carolina | #305 | 7 | 1 in 2,764 |
| California | #308 | 7 | 1 in 3,091 |
| Pennsylvania | #318 | 16 | 1 in 5,400 |
| West Virginia | #318 | 5 | 1 in 2,804 |
| Texas | #325 | 19 | 1 in 2,236 |
| Kentucky | #326 | 8 | 1 in 2,882 |
| Tennessee | #362 | 6 | 1 in 3,649 |
| Ohio | #369 | 8 | 1 in 5,999 |
| Michigan | #378 | 6 | 1 in 5,463 |
| Georgia | #413 | 7 | 1 in 4,177 |
| Illinois | #507 | 5 | 1 in 10,923 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 134 spots since 2024 (#1,510 → #1,644)
- 81 spots since 2020 (#1,563 → #1,644)
- 285 spots since 2015 (#1,359 → #1,644)
- Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1881 (#600 → #375)
- Biggest drop: 241 spots in 1890 (#388 → #629)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #284 (392 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1990
- 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
- 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.
Elvin in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 165,376 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 30.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,512Zenith8
- #3,512Zenna8
- #3,512Zonia8
- #3,869Elvin7
- #3,869Aaron7
- #3,869Adrianna7
- #3,869Aileene7
- #4,291Abby6
- #4,291Adelphia6
- #4,291Affie6
Tied with 421 names at #3,869; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,207 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.