Elvira
- #1,710 for girls in 2025, 119 births
- Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,525
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 405 births
- Debut · girls
- 30 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 27,234since 1880
Elvira over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elvira 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 | #1,710 | 119 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,336 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,617 | 67 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,278 | 79 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,465 | 66 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,968 | 89 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,096 | 79 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,801 | 96 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,620 | 100 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,682 | 93 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,722 | 87 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,715 | 85 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,569 | 98 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,486 | 106 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,335 | 123 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,100 | 159 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,461 | 100 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,354 | 105 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,446 | 90 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,226 | 112 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,168 | 115 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,120 | 120 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,040 | 140 | — | |
| 1981 | #927 | 162 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,097 | 126 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,036 | 134 | — | |
| 1978 | #981 | 141 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,097 | 118 | — | |
| 1976 | #897 | 147 | — | |
| 1975 | #923 | 140 | — | |
| 1974 | #831 | 159 | — | |
| 1973 | #911 | 135 | — | |
| 1972 | #993 | 120 | — | |
| 1971 | #889 | 149 | — | |
| 1970 | #877 | 152 | — | |
| 1969 | #807 | 163 | — | |
| 1968 | #831 | 150 | — | |
| 1967 | #820 | 148 | — | |
| 1966 | #763 | 165 | — | |
| 1965 | #759 | 170 | — | |
| 1964 | #815 | 165 | — | |
| 1963 | #753 | 187 | — | |
| 1962 | #763 | 186 | — | |
| 1961 | #734 | 202 | — | |
| 1960 | #740 | 189 | — | |
| 1959 | #731 | 191 | — | |
| 1958 | #678 | 213 | — | |
| 1957 | #715 | 194 | — | |
| 1956 | #642 | 219 | — | |
| 1955 | #604 | 233 | — | |
| 1954 | #560 | 251 | — | |
| 1953 | #571 | 237 | — | |
| 1952 | #562 | 239 | — | |
| 1951 | #598 | 205 | — | |
| 1950 | #543 | 230 | — | |
| 1949 | #541 | 237 | — | |
| 1948 | #517 | 253 | — | |
| 1947 | #525 | 253 | — | |
| 1946 | #501 | 242 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #485 | 221 | — | |
| 1944 | #480 | 222 | — | |
| 1943 | #470 | 244 | — | |
| 1942 | #491 | 229 | — | |
| 1941 | #456 | 231 | — | |
| 1940 | #440 | 239 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #436 | 238 | — | |
| 1938 | #403 | 274 | — | |
| 1937 | #420 | 237 | — | |
| 1936 | #379 | 282 | — | |
| 1935 | #370 | 294 | — | |
| 1934 | #358 | 310 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #359 | 307 | — | |
| 1932 | #316 | 409 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #328 | 379 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #304 | 480 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #285 | 514 | — | |
| 1928 | #303 | 481 | — | |
| 1927 | #293 | 524 | — | |
| 1926 | #290 | 532 | — | |
| 1925 | #294 | 526 | — | |
| 1924 | #272 | 579 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #274 | 553 | — | |
| 1922 | #271 | 574 | — | |
| 1921 | #278 | 569 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #268 | 592 | — | |
| 1919 | #270 | 553 | — | |
| 1918 | #263 | 575 | — | |
| 1917 | #255 | 589 | — | |
| 1916 | #256 | 567 | — | |
| 1915 | #274 | 465 | — | |
| 1914 | #254 | 405 | — | |
| 1913 | #256 | 327 | — | |
| 1912 | #256 | 305 | — | |
| 1911 | #255 | 230 | — | |
| 1910 | #263 | 213 | — | |
| 1909 | #256 | 196 | — | |
| 1908 | #266 | 179 | — | |
| 1907 | #282 | 154 | — | |
| 1906 | #301 | 123 | — | |
| 1905 | #282 | 138 | — | |
| 1904 | #299 | 116 | — | |
| 1903 | #297 | 110 | — | |
| 1902 | #266 | 137 | — | |
| 1901 | #297 | 105 | — | |
| 1900 | #279 | 135 | — | |
| 1899 | #286 | 104 | — | |
| 1898 | #289 | 113 | — | |
| 1897 | #278 | 103 | — | |
| 1896 | #267 | 114 | — | |
| 1895 | #294 | 94 | — | |
| 1894 | #299 | 84 | — | |
| 1893 | #313 | 74 | — | |
| 1892 | #303 | 81 | — | |
| 1891 | #344 | 53 | — | |
| 1890 | #315 | 64 | — | |
| 1889 | #315 | 60 | — | |
| 1888 | #311 | 59 | — | |
| 1887 | #297 | 51 | — | |
| 1886 | #270 | 59 | — | |
| 1885 | #272 | 53 | — | |
| 1884 | #315 | 39 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #317 | 31 | — | |
| 1881 | #262 | 38 | — | |
| 1880 | #282 | 30 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elvira was already there! It came in at #282, and was given to 30 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 40 girls a year got the name.
Where Elvira is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 19 | 1 in 8,450 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| California | #1,491 | 15 | 1 in 10,782 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Elvira
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 839 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #1,710)
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1981
- Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1977
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #254 (405 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 99 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1880–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,772
- Highest: 1 in 1,772 girls born in 1909 were named Elvira (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,506 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #254 in 1914, was only 1 in 1,880 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 20.0% of all girls named Elvira (5,444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 446 | #262 (1881) | #300 |
| 1890s | 884 | #267 (1896) | #299 |
| 1900s | 1,393 | #256 (1909) | #283 |
| 1910s | 4,229 | #254 (1914) | #260 |
| 1920s | 5,444 | #268 (1920) | #283 |
| 1930s | 3,210 | #304 (1930) | #367 |
| 1940s | 2,371 | #440 (1940) | #491 |
| 1950s | 2,212 | #543 (1950) | #620 |
| 1960s | 1,725 | #734 (1961) | #779 |
| 1970s | 1,395 | #831 (1974) | #944 |
| 1980s | 1,172 | #927 (1981) | #1,214 |
| 1990s | 1,022 | #1,100 (1990) | #1,584 |
| 2000s | 724 | #1,801 (2000) | #2,457 |
| 2010s | 532 | #2,617 (2016) | #3,167 |
| 2020s | 475 | #1,710 (2025) | #2,373 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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