Elva is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Elva is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,665 for girl births in the United States (and #6,442 across all names), given to 41 babies. Elva was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (789 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | #3,665 | — |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | #3,661 | — |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | #3,930 | — |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | #3,725 | — |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | #4,120 | — |
| 2020 | 45 | 45 | #3,413 | — |
| 2019 | 50 | 50 | #3,188 | — |
| 2018 | 49 | 49 | #3,262 | — |
| 2017 | 48 | 48 | #3,319 | — |
| 2016 | 54 | 54 | #3,073 | — |
| 2015 | 44 | 44 | #3,550 | — |
| 2014 | 43 | 43 | #3,606 | — |
| 2013 | 40 | 40 | #3,805 | — |
| 2012 | 45 | 45 | #3,544 | — |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | #4,280 | — |
| 2010 | 54 | 54 | #3,089 | — |
| 2009 | 39 | 39 | #3,963 | — |
| 2008 | 38 | 38 | #4,111 | — |
| 2007 | 47 | 47 | #3,498 | — |
| 2006 | 56 | 56 | #3,028 | — |
| 2005 | 39 | 39 | #3,757 | — |
| 2004 | 46 | 46 | #3,280 | — |
| 2003 | 44 | 44 | #3,312 | — |
| 2002 | 51 | 51 | #2,904 | — |
| 2001 | 51 | 51 | #2,854 | — |
| 2000 | 61 | 61 | #2,488 | — |
| 1999 | 54 | 54 | #2,619 | — |
| 1998 | 60 | 60 | #2,347 | — |
| 1997 | 51 | — | #2,526 | — |
| 1996 | 66 | — | #2,092 | — |
| 1995 | 50 | — | #2,524 | — |
| 1994 | 70 | — | #2,006 | — |
| 1993 | 86 | — | #1,729 | — |
| 1992 | 71 | — | #1,952 | — |
| 1991 | 62 | — | #2,141 | — |
| 1990 | 82 | — | #1,771 | — |
| 1989 | 70 | — | #1,880 | — |
| 1988 | 78 | — | #1,664 | — |
| 1987 | 68 | — | #1,752 | — |
| 1986 | 75 | — | #1,591 | — |
| 1985 | 65 | — | #1,745 | — |
| 1984 | 65 | — | #1,687 | — |
| 1983 | 72 | — | #1,552 | — |
| 1982 | 92 | — | #1,348 | — |
| 1981 | 100 | — | #1,323 | #6,576 |
| 1980 | 74 | — | #1,574 | — |
| 1979 | 86 | — | #1,425 | — |
| 1978 | 85 | — | #1,377 | — |
| 1977 | 87 | — | #1,327 | — |
| 1976 | 94 | — | #1,209 | — |
| 1975 | 108 | — | #1,085 | — |
| 1974 | 88 | — | #1,242 | — |
| 1973 | 120 | — | #992 | — |
| 1972 | 103 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1971 | 110 | — | #1,095 | — |
| 1970 | 112 | — | #1,100 | #4,930 |
| 1969 | 121 | — | #975 | — |
| 1968 | 128 | — | #914 | — |
| 1967 | 136 | — | #872 | — |
| 1966 | 133 | — | #870 | — |
| 1965 | 152 | — | #804 | — |
| 1964 | 159 | — | #852 | #2,918 |
| 1963 | 149 | — | #858 | — |
| 1962 | 173 | — | #790 | — |
| 1961 | 182 | — | #790 | #4,242 |
| 1960 | 189 | — | #741 | — |
| 1959 | 200 | — | #716 | #4,166 |
| 1958 | 210 | — | #691 | #4,120 |
| 1957 | 218 | — | #690 | #2,703 |
| 1956 | 224 | — | #649 | #3,300 |
| 1955 | 251 | — | #585 | #4,023 |
| 1954 | 273 | — | #546 | #3,245 |
| 1953 | 228 | — | #586 | — |
| 1952 | 227 | — | #590 | #2,736 |
| 1951 | 280 | — | #496 | #3,462 |
| 1950 | 235 | — | #554 | #2,480 |
| 1949 | 254 | — | #518 | #3,846 |
| 1948 | 268 | — | #513 | #2,365 |
| 1947 | 299 | — | #483 | #2,723 |
| 1946 | 266 | — | #488 | #2,065 |
| 1945 | 245 | — | #464 | #3,103 |
| 1944 | 270 | — | #451 | #2,109 |
| 1943 | 312 | — | #427 | #2,009 |
| 1942 | 286 | — | #448 | #1,754 |
| 1941 | 298 | — | #404 | #1,935 |
| 1940 | 314 | — | #385 | #2,014 |
| 1939 | 351 | — | #357 | #1,591 |
| 1938 | 336 | — | #361 | #2,111 |
| 1937 | 329 | — | #363 | #2,242 |
| 1936 | 349 | — | #343 | #1,747 |
| 1935 | 383 | — | #329 | #1,963 |
| 1934 | 379 | — | #329 | #1,574 |
| 1933 | 434 | — | #296 | #1,937 |
| 1932 | 429 | — | #315 | #1,795 |
| 1931 | 432 | — | #315 | #1,721 |
| 1930 | 532 | — | #292 | #1,661 |
| 1929 | 557 | — | #276 | #1,878 |
| 1928 | 579 | — | #275 | #1,782 |
| 1927 | 576 | — | #285 | #1,529 |
| 1926 | 596 | — | #279 | #1,532 |
| 1925 | 650 | — | #265 | #1,892 |
| 1924 | 653 | — | #264 | #1,692 |
| 1923 | 684 | — | #251 | #1,367 |
| 1922 | 706 | — | #249 | #1,782 |
| 1921 | 736 | — | #249 | #2,089 |
| 1920 | 794 | — | #234 | #1,433 |
| 1919 | 796 | — | #223 | #2,181 |
| 1918 | 818 | — | #225 | #1,321 |
| 1917 | 772 | — | #223 | #2,328 |
| 1916 | 804 | — | #217 | #1,562 |
| 1915 | 769 | — | #216 | #1,813 |
| 1914 | 583 | — | #224 | #1,357 |
| 1913 | 510 | — | #209 | #1,467 |
| 1912 | 436 | — | #216 | #2,362 |
| 1911 | 354 | — | #202 | — |
| 1910 | 347 | — | #194 | #1,664 |
| 1909 | 285 | — | #205 | #1,325 |
| 1908 | 287 | — | #201 | #1,043 |
| 1907 | 306 | — | #184 | #947 |
| 1906 | 235 | — | #201 | — |
| 1905 | 267 | — | #189 | #1,135 |
| 1904 | 234 | — | #193 | — |
| 1903 | 260 | — | #182 | #1,174 |
| 1902 | 253 | — | #182 | — |
| 1901 | 291 | — | #161 | #794 |
| 1900 | 306 | — | #178 | #1,373 |
| 1899 | 194 | — | #197 | — |
| 1898 | 266 | — | #179 | #1,181 |
| 1897 | 198 | — | #198 | — |
| 1896 | 204 | — | #196 | #1,023 |
| 1895 | 223 | — | #182 | #1,130 |
| 1894 | 176 | — | #200 | — |
| 1893 | 156 | — | #201 | — |
| 1892 | 186 | — | #187 | #1,122 |
| 1891 | 163 | — | #187 | #1,014 |
| 1890 | 166 | — | #185 | #925 |
| 1889 | 135 | — | #195 | — |
| 1888 | 128 | — | #198 | — |
| 1887 | 99 | — | #205 | — |
| 1886 | 116 | — | #190 | #878 |
| 1885 | 108 | — | #176 | — |
| 1884 | 87 | — | #210 | #894 |
| 1883 | 77 | — | #205 | #938 |
| 1882 | 80 | — | #184 | #980 |
| 1881 | 51 | — | #214 | — |
| 1880 | 44 | — | #234 | — |