Is Elvira a boy or girl name?
Elvira is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 81 girls and 0 boys were named Elvira, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 27,155 US babies named Elvira were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,280
- Babies named Elvira since 1880
- 27,155
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 592 babies
Boys and girls named Elvira, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 446 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 884 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 1,393 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 4,229 | 100% |
| 1920s | 11 | 5,444 | 99.8% |
| 1930s | 23 | 3,211 | 99.3% |
| 1940s | 10 | 2,371 | 99.6% |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,213 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,724 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,394 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,171 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,021 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 724 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 532 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 354 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 81 | #2,280 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 78 | #2,340 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 68 | #2,584 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 60 | #2,830 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,556 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 59 | #2,829 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 52 | #3,121 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,639 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 50 | #3,265 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 55 | #3,051 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 57 | #2,944 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 52 | #3,182 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 33 | #4,392 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,763 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 61 | #2,862 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 50 | #3,339 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 72 | #2,577 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,673 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 79 | #2,283 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,564 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,471 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,971 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 79 | #2,102 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 96 | #1,804 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,983 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,625 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 93 | #1,686 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,726 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 85 | #1,719 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,651 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 98 | #1,571 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 106 | #1,488 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 123 | #1,336 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 159 | #1,100 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,465 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 105 | #1,357 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,449 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 102 | #1,306 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 112 | #1,227 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 115 | #1,168 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 120 | #1,122 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 139 | #1,040 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 162 | #927 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 126 | #1,099 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 134 | #1,038 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 141 | #981 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 118 | #1,098 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 146 | #903 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 140 | #924 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 159 | #832 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 135 | #911 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 120 | #993 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 149 | #892 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 152 | #877 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 163 | #807 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 150 | #830 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 148 | #820 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 165 | #764 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 170 | #759 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 164 | #818 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 187 | #754 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 186 | #763 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 202 | #734 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 189 | #742 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 191 | #734 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 213 | #678 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 194 | #716 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 219 | #642 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 233 | #604 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 251 | #560 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 238 | #570 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 239 | #562 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 205 | #599 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 230 | #545 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 237 | #541 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 253 | #518 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 253 | #525 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,672 | 242 | #502 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 221 | #486 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 222 | #480 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 244 | #472 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 229 | #491 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 231 | #456 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,602 | 239 | #440 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 238 | #436 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 274 | #403 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 237 | #420 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 282 | #379 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 294 | #370 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,847 | 311 | #358 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 307 | #360 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,929 | 409 | #316 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,194 | 379 | #328 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,706 | 480 | #304 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 514 | #285 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 481 | #303 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 524 | #293 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 532 | #290 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 526 | #294 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,541 | 579 | #272 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 553 | #274 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 574 | #272 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,006 | 569 | #278 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 592 | #268 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 553 | #270 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 575 | #263 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 589 | #255 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 567 | #256 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 465 | #274 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 405 | #254 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 327 | #256 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 305 | #256 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 230 | #255 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 213 | #263 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 196 | #257 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 179 | #266 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 154 | #282 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 123 | #302 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 138 | #282 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 116 | #300 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 110 | #297 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 137 | #266 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 105 | #297 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 135 | #279 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 104 | #286 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 113 | #289 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 103 | #278 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 114 | #268 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 94 | #295 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 84 | #299 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 74 | #313 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 81 | #303 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 53 | #347 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 64 | #315 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 60 | #316 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 59 | #312 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 51 | #298 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 59 | #272 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 53 | #273 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 39 | #316 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 26 | #358 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 31 | #320 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 38 | #262 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 30 | #283 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Elvira reached #3,194 in 1931. As a girl name, it reached #254 in 1914. 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 Elvira
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.