Elvia
Elvia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 845th, in 1948.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1991153 births
- Best rank
- #845in 1948
- Since 1888
- 7,651people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,651 girls have been named Elvia in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 153 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1990s alone account for 14%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elvia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 59 | |
| 1900s | 107 | |
| 1910s | 247 | |
| 1920s | 320 | |
| 1930s | 313 | |
| 1940s | 584 | |
| 1950s | 863 | |
| 1960s | 938 | |
| 1970s | 989 | |
| 1980s | 1,052 | |
| 1990s | 1,076 | |
| 2000s | 579 | |
| 2010s | 331 | |
| 2020s | 187 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Elvia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Elvia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Margaritapeak 1957
- Mariapeak 1964
- Veronicapeak 1980
- Martinapeak 1964
- Portiapeak 1989
- Rosanapeak 1983
- Imeldapeak 1978
- Carmenpeak 1960
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.