Boys' name · peaked in 1915
Elvin name popularity since 1925
16,665 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Elvin (0.7% girls, 99.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Elvin is about 66 years old in 2026. Elvin peaked in 1915 as the #287 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,665
- Named Elvin, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1915
- #287 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,647 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% boys
- 115 girls · 16,550 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Elvin made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Elvin births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1927. Measured as a share of all babies, Elvin peaked earlier, in 1915.
- Steepest fall: Between 1944 and 1949, Elvin's share of baby boys fell by 34%, from 1 in 6,750 to 1 in 10,200.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Elvin's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Elvin.
Decade by decade
Babies named Elvin in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 38 | 1,714 | – |
| 1930s | 36 | 2,551 | #353 |
| 1940s | 35 | 1,994 | #448 |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,830 | #569 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,444 | #673 |
| 1970s | 6 | 1,197 | #773 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,096 | #808 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,155 | #1,072 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,651 | #960 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,278 | #1,362 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 640 | #1,647 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.8% of babies named Elvin from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Elvin is most popular
The index compares Elvin's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Elvin.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.90× | 644 |
| Mississippi | 2.35× | 352 |
| Oklahoma | 2.09× | 337 |
| New York | 1.79× | 1,675 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.52× | 953 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Elvin's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Elvin.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Elvin (1915).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data