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

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Peak · boys
1927 · 392 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,932
since 1880

Elvin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elvin has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #284, 1927boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,644102
2024—#1,510118
2023—#1,501118
2022—#1,72098
2021—#1,66799
2020—#1,563105
2019—#1,485115
2018—#1,443121
2017—#1,554105
2016—#1,467117
2015—#1,359128
2014—#1,321132
2013—#1,277136
2012—#1,226144
2011—#1,219143
2010—#1,267137
2009—#1,173154
2008—#1,029185
2007—#925214
2006—#1,058169
2005—#959182
2004—#954176
2003—#983161
2002—#1,064142
2001—#1,053137
2000—#1,080131
1999—#966149
1998—#1,146109
1997—#1,134110
1996—#1,26587
1995—#1,069110
1994—#1,104104
1993—#983121
1992—#923132
1991—#1,025111
1990—#933122
1989—#947116
1988—#858122
1987—#96196
1986—#912101
1985—#805121
1984—#854106
1983—#862103
1982—#865106
1981—#831112
1980—#828113
1979—#740136
1978—#729133
1977—#783119
1976—#748123
1975—#772115
1974—#81398
1973—#80496
1972#7,2926#728120
1971—#733126
1970—#717131
1969—#670139
1968—#723107
1967—#662127
1966—#671122
1965—#672122
1964—#623155
1963—#614160
1962—#643145
1961—#568191
1960—#587176
1959—#561192
1958—#539204
1957—#573182
1956—#553188
1955—#567170
1954—#540179
1953—#525183
1952—#523178
1951—#522172
1950—#495182
1949—#505174
1948#5,2435#485188
1947—#457216
1946#4,4176#445202
1945—#448176
1944#4,0546#428202
1943#4,1966#419219
1942#4,6225#415219
1941—#415198
1940#3,5037#406200
1939—#375231
1938—#393208
1937#3,4347#354231
1936—#356230
1935#3,7426#353241
1934#3,4497#333266
1933#4,2185#340247
1932#4,4115#348255
1931—#312301
1930#4,0476#307341
1929#3,6827#320299
1928#3,7437#312323
1927#3,05310#284392
1926#4,8515#302352
1925#3,3629#305348
1924#2,97311#323323
1923#2,73212#333304
1922#4,0117#307346
1921#4,4646#312346
1920#2,73112#318331
1919#3,00510#311316
1918#3,8697#319316
1917#2,31614#313291
1916#3,9196#324265
1915#2,52611#287301
1914#2,4349#331192
1913#2,1649#367129
1912—#334128
1911#2,4635#30078
1910—#33754
1909—#31155
1908—#34942
1907—#34140
1906—#36333
1905—#41027
1904—#37929
1903—#43022
1902—#36729
1901—#37125
1900—#46924
1899—#40221
1898—#47319
1897—#45918
1896—#42421
1895—#38325
1894—#46418
1893—#40120
1892—#38424
1891—#47614
1890—#62910
1889—#38821
1888—#50515
1887—#6319
1886—#47015
1885—#54712
1884—#50414
1883—#46015
1882—#46915
1881—#37520
1880—#60010
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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMINew York: #451 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 4,336 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #720 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,375 boysPANew Jersey: #546 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,678 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,010 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 17,990 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #655 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,196 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Elvin, so not publishedHITexas: #1,186 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 21,895 boysTXFlorida: #868 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,719 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#451 · 1 in 4,336
  2. New Jersey#546 · 1 in 6,678
  3. Louisiana#655 · 1 in 6,196
  4. Pennsylvania#720 · 1 in 13,375
  5. Florida#868 · 1 in 12,719

Best ever in a state: #71 in Iowa, 1911.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New York#451311 in 4,336
New Jersey#54681 in 6,678
Louisiana#65551 in 6,196
Pennsylvania#72061 in 13,375
Florida#86871 in 12,719
California#1,010161 in 17,990
Texas#1,18671 in 21,895
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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
  • 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)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s146#375 (1881)#495
1890s190#383 (1895)#450
1900s326#311 (1909)#379
1910s2,070#287 (1915)#322
1920s3,364#284 (1927)#312
1930s2,551#307 (1930)#347
1940s1,994#406 (1940)#442
1950s1,830#495 (1950)#540
1960s1,444#568 (1961)#643
1970s1,197#717 (1970)#757
1980s1,096#805 (1985)#872
1990s1,155#923 (1992)#1,055
2000s1,651#925 (2007)#1,028
2010s1,278#1,219 (2011)#1,362
2020s640#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 1991

boys
#1,025
111 births · 1 in 18,201 boys

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #1,025Elvin111
More about 1991

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 18,201 of them was named Elvin, which outranked 89.4% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvin
  1. #1,017Patric112
  2. #1,017Rey112
  3. #1,017Van112
  4. #1,025Elvin111
  5. #1,025Adalberto111
  6. #1,025Brandin111
  7. #1,025Monte111
  8. #1,030Alphonso110
  9. #1,030Darron110
  10. #1,030Genaro110

Tied with 4 names at #1,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →