Girls' name · peaked in 1909
Elvira name popularity since 1925
17,448 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Elvira. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Elvira is about 74 years old in 2026. Elvira peaked in 1909 as the #257 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,448
- Named Elvira, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1909
- #257 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,715 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 17,415 girls · 33 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 6.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Elvira made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Elvira births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Elvira peaked earlier, in 1909.
- Steepest fall: Between 1932 and 1937, Elvira's share of baby girls fell by 41%.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Elvira's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Elvira.
Decade by decade
Babies named Elvira in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,577 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 3,210 | 23 | #370 |
| 1940s | 2,371 | 10 | #486 |
| 1950s | 2,212 | 0 | #604 |
| 1960s | 1,725 | 0 | #759 |
| 1970s | 1,395 | 0 | #924 |
| 1980s | 1,172 | 0 | #1,227 |
| 1990s | 1,022 | 0 | #1,719 |
| 2000s | 724 | 0 | #2,284 |
| 2010s | 532 | 0 | #3,267 |
| 2020–25 | 475 | 0 | #1,715 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
32.2% of babies named Elvira from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Elvira is most popular
The index compares Elvira'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 Elvira.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 6.14× | 472 |
| Texas | 4.55× | 4,960 |
| Arizona | 2.75× | 495 |
| California | 2.29× | 3,371 |
| New York | 1.49× | 1,575 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Elvira and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Elvira (this page) | 17,415 | 1909 |
| Elvera | 2,333 | 1919 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Elvira's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Elvira.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Elvira (1909).
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