Elmira
Elmira is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 392nd, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921122 births
- Best rank
- #392in 1887
- Since 1880
- 4,349people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,349 girls have been named Elmira in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 122 births.
The name has all but left use: 14 births in 2024, against 122 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elmira | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 211 | |
| 1890s | 308 | |
| 1900s | 389 | |
| 1910s | 819 | |
| 1920s | 903 | |
| 1930s | 520 | |
| 1940s | 390 | |
| 1950s | 332 | |
| 1960s | 180 | |
| 1970s | 87 | |
| 1980s | 32 | |
| 1990s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 88 | |
| 2020s | 45 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Elmira was the 668th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Elmira
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Henriettapeak 1918
- Dolliepeak 1921
- Althapeak 1917
- Anniepeak 1922
- Corneliapeak 1921
- Edythpeak 1918
- Nellpeak 1917
- Jettiepeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.