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

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Peak · girls
1914 · 405 births
Debut · girls
30 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,234
since 1880

Elvira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elvira has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #254, 1914girls
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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#1,710119—
2024#2,24883—
2023#2,33678—
2022#2,57968—
2021#2,81860—
2020#2,54967—
2019#2,81459—
2018#3,10752—
2017#2,63566—
2016#2,61767—
2015#3,25450—
2014#3,04155—
2013#2,93657—
2012#3,16952—
2011#4,35333—
2010#3,74541—
2009#2,85261—
2008#3,31650—
2007#2,56872—
2006#2,66967—
2005#2,27879—
2004#2,55665—
2003#2,46566—
2002#1,96889—
2001#2,09679—
2000#1,80196—
1999#1,97579—
1998#1,620100—
1997#1,68293—
1996#1,72287—
1995#1,71585—
1994#1,63492—
1993#1,56998—
1992#1,486106—
1991#1,335123—
1990#1,100159—
1989#1,461100—
1988#1,354105—
1987#1,44690—
1986#1,304102—
1985#1,226112—
1984#1,168115—
1983#1,120120—
1982#1,040140—
1981#927162—
1980#1,097126—
1979#1,036134—
1978#981141—
1977#1,097118—
1976#897147—
1975#923140—
1974#831159—
1973#911135—
1972#993120—
1971#889149—
1970#877152—
1969#807163—
1968#831150—
1967#820148—
1966#763165—
1965#759170—
1964#815165—
1963#753187—
1962#763186—
1961#734202—
1960#740189—
1959#731191—
1958#678213—
1957#715194—
1956#642219—
1955#604233—
1954#560251—
1953#571237—
1952#562239—
1951#598205—
1950#543230—
1949#541237—
1948#517253—
1947#525253—
1946#501242#3,5255
1945#485221—
1944#480222—
1943#470244—
1942#491229—
1941#456231—
1940#440239#3,4595
1939#436238—
1938#403274—
1937#420237—
1936#379282—
1935#370294—
1934#358310#3,6795
1933#359307—
1932#316409#3,7765
1931#328379#3,0957
1930#304480#3,5926
1929#285514—
1928#303481—
1927#293524—
1926#290532—
1925#294526—
1924#272579#4,3475
1923#274553—
1922#271574—
1921#278569#3,8696
1920#268592—
1919#270553—
1918#263575—
1917#255589—
1916#256567—
1915#274465—
1914#254405—
1913#256327—
1912#256305—
1911#255230—
1910#263213—
1909#256196—
1908#266179—
1907#282154—
1906#301123—
1905#282138—
1904#299116—
1903#297110—
1902#266137—
1901#297105—
1900#279135—
1899#286104—
1898#289113—
1897#278103—
1896#267114—
1895#29494—
1894#29984—
1893#31374—
1892#30381—
1891#34453—
1890#31564—
1889#31560—
1888#31159—
1887#29751—
1886#27059—
1885#27253—
1884#31539—
1883#35426—
1882#31731—
1881#26238—
1880#28230—
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 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Elvira
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 538 spots since 2024 (#2,248 → #1,710)
  • 839 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #1,710)
  • 1,544 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #1,710)
  • Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1981 (#1,097 → #927)
  • Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1977 (#897 → #1,097)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s446#262 (1881)#300
1890s884#267 (1896)#299
1900s1,393#256 (1909)#283
1910s4,229#254 (1914)#260
1920s5,444#268 (1920)#283
1930s3,210#304 (1930)#367
1940s2,371#440 (1940)#491
1950s2,212#543 (1950)#620
1960s1,725#734 (1961)#779
1970s1,395#831 (1974)#944
1980s1,172#927 (1981)#1,214
1990s1,022#1,100 (1990)#1,584
2000s724#1,801 (2000)#2,457
2010s532#2,617 (2016)#3,167
2020s475#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.

Elvira in 1904

girls
#299
116 births · 1 in 2,374 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #299Elvira116
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 2,374 of them was named Elvira, which outranked 86.2% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvira
  1. #296Myra119
  2. #297Lou117
  3. #297Pearlie117
  4. #299Elvira116
  5. #299Edythe116
  6. #299Rhoda116
  7. #299Wanda116
  8. #303Eugenia113
  9. #303Hettie113
  10. #305Helena112

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

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

See the top 100 for 1904 →