Is Elmira a boy or girl name?
Elmira is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 14 girls and 0 boys were named Elmira, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 4,349 US babies named Elmira were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #7,677
- Babies named Elmira since 1880
- 4,349
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 122 babies
Boys and girls named Elmira, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 211 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 308 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 389 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 819 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 903 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 520 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 390 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 332 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 180 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 87 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 32 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 26 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 19 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 88 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 45 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 14 | #7,677 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 10 | #9,798 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 13 | #8,167 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 8 | #11,393 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 7 | #12,844 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 12 | #8,771 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 12 | #8,946 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,006 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 14 | #8,132 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 10 | #10,374 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,341 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 7 | #13,928 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 8 | #12,511 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 8 | #12,648 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 6 | #15,830 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 8 | #13,046 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 5 | #16,222 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 8 | #10,646 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 5 | #14,173 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 5 | #14,151 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 8 | #9,528 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 7 | #10,008 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 9 | #7,547 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 9 | #7,046 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,377 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,291 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,136 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,066 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 10 | #5,708 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,159 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,971 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 13 | #4,363 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 14 | #4,168 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,836 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 7 | #6,141 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,212 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,114 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,606 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,154 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 15 | #3,379 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 32 | #2,087 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,378 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 31 | #2,069 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,858 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 32 | #1,950 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,003 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,273 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 28 | #2,034 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,713 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,685 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,368 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,634 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,440 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,608 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,643 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 27 | #1,739 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,338 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,228 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 40 | #1,271 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,029 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,184 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,020 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 54 | #942 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,069 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 54 | #949 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 57 | #907 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 52 | #980 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 59 | #900 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 67 | #883 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 79 | #790 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 92 | #741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 72 | #876 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 86 | #778 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 87 | #791 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 81 | #833 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 93 | #753 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 94 | #754 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 122 | #668 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 97 | #732 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 95 | #718 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 108 | #692 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 105 | #663 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 104 | #670 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 102 | #656 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 80 | #647 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 74 | #600 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 71 | #572 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 33 | #758 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 47 | #611 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 35 | #673 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 54 | #494 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 47 | #524 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 34 | #613 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 40 | #548 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 31 | #616 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 39 | #516 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 42 | #487 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 34 | #524 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 33 | #614 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 29 | #569 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 37 | #512 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 29 | #557 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 38 | #470 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 40 | #460 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 20 | #670 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 33 | #467 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 31 | #489 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 20 | #596 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 31 | #471 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 38 | #394 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 19 | #580 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 31 | #392 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 18 | #530 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 15 | #560 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 21 | #439 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 22 | #400 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 17 | #449 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 17 | #407 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 13 | #477 |
Highest rank
Elmira has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #392 in 1887. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Elmira
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.