Is Elva a boy or girl name?
Elva is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 41 girls and 0 boys were named Elva, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 97.5% of the 32,471 US babies named Elva were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #3,703
- Babies named Elva since 1880
- 32,471
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 818 babies
Boys and girls named Elva, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | 903 | 97.6% |
| 1890s | 32 | 1,900 | 98.3% |
| 1900s | 47 | 2,677 | 98.3% |
| 1910s | 137 | 6,052 | 97.8% |
| 1920s | 217 | 6,314 | 96.7% |
| 1930s | 160 | 3,794 | 96% |
| 1940s | 114 | 2,698 | 95.9% |
| 1950s | 64 | 2,282 | 97.3% |
| 1960s | 14 | 1,508 | 99.1% |
| 1970s | 5 | 988 | 99.5% |
| 1980s | 5 | 754 | 99.3% |
| 1990s | 0 | 652 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 471 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 461 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 200 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,703 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 38 | #3,925 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 35 | #4,120 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 45 | #3,413 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 50 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 49 | #3,261 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 48 | #3,316 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 54 | #3,072 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 43 | #3,606 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 40 | #3,805 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 45 | #3,544 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 34 | #4,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 54 | #3,089 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 39 | #3,963 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 38 | #4,111 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,549 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 56 | #3,028 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 39 | #3,757 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,280 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 44 | #3,311 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 51 | #2,904 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 51 | #2,853 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 61 | #2,488 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 54 | #2,619 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 60 | #2,347 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 51 | #2,525 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,092 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 50 | #2,524 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 70 | #2,005 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 86 | #1,729 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 71 | #1,953 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,141 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,771 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,881 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 78 | #1,664 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 68 | #1,752 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,591 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,744 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,687 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 72 | #1,552 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 92 | #1,348 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,577 | 95 | #1,323 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,574 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 85 | #1,377 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,327 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,210 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,085 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 88 | #1,242 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 120 | #992 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,100 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 110 | #1,095 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,929 | 107 | #1,100 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 121 | #975 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 128 | #914 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 136 | #872 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 133 | #870 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 152 | #804 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,918 | 150 | #852 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 149 | #858 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 173 | #791 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,246 | 177 | #790 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 189 | #741 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,167 | 195 | #716 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,119 | 205 | #691 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,702 | 208 | #690 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,300 | 217 | #649 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,024 | 246 | #585 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,245 | 266 | #546 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 228 | #586 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,735 | 218 | #590 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,462 | 274 | #496 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,480 | 225 | #554 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,846 | 249 | #518 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,366 | 257 | #513 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,723 | 290 | #483 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,065 | 253 | #488 |
| 1945 | 6 | #3,103 | 239 | #464 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,109 | 258 | #451 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,009 | 298 | #427 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,754 | 269 | #448 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,935 | 284 | #404 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,014 | 301 | #385 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,591 | 333 | #357 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,111 | 324 | #361 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,242 | 318 | #363 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,747 | 333 | #343 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,962 | 369 | #329 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,574 | 359 | #329 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,937 | 420 | #296 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,795 | 412 | #315 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,721 | 415 | #314 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,661 | 511 | #293 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,878 | 540 | #276 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,782 | 560 | #275 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,529 | 551 | #285 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,532 | 572 | #279 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,892 | 632 | #265 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,692 | 631 | #264 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,367 | 655 | #251 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,782 | 686 | #249 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,090 | 720 | #249 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,433 | 767 | #234 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,181 | 782 | #223 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,321 | 789 | #225 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,328 | 760 | #223 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,562 | 783 | #217 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,813 | 753 | #216 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,357 | 563 | #224 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,467 | 496 | #209 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,362 | 430 | #216 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 354 | #202 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,664 | 342 | #194 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,325 | 279 | #205 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,043 | 279 | #201 |
| 1907 | 9 | #947 | 297 | #184 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 235 | #201 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,135 | 261 | #189 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 234 | #193 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,174 | 255 | #182 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 253 | #182 |
| 1901 | 8 | #794 | 283 | #161 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,373 | 301 | #178 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 194 | #197 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,181 | 261 | #179 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 198 | #198 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,023 | 198 | #196 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,130 | 218 | #182 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 176 | #200 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 156 | #201 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,122 | 181 | #187 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,014 | 158 | #187 |
| 1890 | 6 | #925 | 160 | #185 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 135 | #195 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 128 | #198 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 99 | #205 |
| 1886 | 6 | #878 | 110 | #190 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 108 | #176 |
| 1884 | 6 | #894 | 81 | #210 |
| 1883 | 5 | #938 | 72 | #205 |
| 1882 | 5 | #980 | 75 | #184 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 51 | #214 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 44 | #234 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Elva reached #794 in 1901. As a girl name, it reached #161 in 1901. 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 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Elva
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.