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 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#119 · 1 in 636
- Kansas#149 · 1 in 927
- Oklahoma#154 · 1 in 884
- Missouri#158 · 1 in 1,043
- Nebraska#167 · 1 in 1,092
Best ever in a state: #71 in Iowa, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #119 | 9 | 1 in 636 |
| Kansas | #149 | 17 | 1 in 927 |
| Oklahoma | #154 | 25 | 1 in 884 |
| Missouri | #158 | 27 | 1 in 1,043 |
| Nebraska | #167 | 11 | 1 in 1,092 |
| North Dakota | #173 | 6 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Arkansas | #181 | 17 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Iowa | #187 | 14 | 1 in 1,495 |
| Florida | #222 | 7 | 1 in 1,490 |
| Kentucky | #223 | 15 | 1 in 1,728 |
| Indiana | #249 | 9 | 1 in 2,755 |
| Louisiana | #249 | 12 | 1 in 1,645 |
| Virginia | #258 | 10 | 1 in 2,409 |
| Tennessee | #271 | 10 | 1 in 2,460 |
| Wisconsin | #290 | 6 | 1 in 3,882 |
| Illinois | #303 | 14 | 1 in 3,964 |
| Alabama | #309 | 10 | 1 in 2,674 |
| Texas | #309 | 27 | 1 in 1,939 |
| West Virginia | #311 | 6 | 1 in 2,776 |
| Minnesota | #338 | 5 | 1 in 4,485 |
| Mississippi | #349 | 6 | 1 in 3,212 |
| Pennsylvania | #357 | 12 | 1 in 7,248 |
| California | #371 | 7 | 1 in 4,298 |
| South Carolina | #386 | 5 | 1 in 4,180 |
| North Carolina | #407 | 8 | 1 in 4,248 |
| Ohio | #417 | 6 | 1 in 8,330 |
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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
- 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 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 171,572 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 30.7% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,655Zerline8
- #3,655Zilla8
- #3,655Zoa8
- #4,011Elvin7
- #4,011Adabelle7
- #4,011Adena7
- #4,011Ader7
- #4,445Aaron6
- #4,445Acie6
- #4,445Adalaide6
Tied with 433 names at #4,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 3,145 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 93.8% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).