Elvira is an established girls' name that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Elvira is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,715 for girl births in the United States (and #3,150 across all names), given to 119 babies. Elvira was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (592 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | 119 | #1,715 | — |
| 2024 | 83 | 83 | #2,251 | — |
| 2023 | 78 | 78 | #2,342 | — |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | #2,585 | — |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | #2,830 | — |
| 2020 | 67 | 67 | #2,557 | — |
| 2019 | 59 | 59 | #2,830 | — |
| 2018 | 52 | 52 | #3,121 | — |
| 2017 | 66 | 66 | #2,640 | — |
| 2016 | 67 | 67 | #2,625 | — |
| 2015 | 50 | 50 | #3,267 | — |
| 2014 | 55 | 55 | #3,051 | — |
| 2013 | 57 | 57 | #2,944 | — |
| 2012 | 52 | 52 | #3,183 | — |
| 2011 | 33 | 33 | #4,393 | — |
| 2010 | 41 | 41 | #3,765 | — |
| 2009 | 61 | 61 | #2,862 | — |
| 2008 | 50 | 50 | #3,339 | — |
| 2007 | 72 | 72 | #2,577 | — |
| 2006 | 67 | 67 | #2,673 | — |
| 2005 | 79 | 79 | #2,284 | — |
| 2004 | 65 | 65 | #2,565 | — |
| 2003 | 66 | 66 | #2,471 | — |
| 2002 | 89 | 89 | #1,971 | — |
| 2001 | 79 | 79 | #2,102 | — |
| 2000 | 96 | 96 | #1,804 | — |
| 1999 | 79 | 79 | #1,983 | — |
| 1998 | 100 | 100 | #1,625 | — |
| 1997 | 93 | — | #1,686 | — |
| 1996 | 87 | — | #1,725 | — |
| 1995 | 85 | — | #1,719 | — |
| 1994 | 92 | — | #1,641 | — |
| 1993 | 98 | — | #1,571 | — |
| 1992 | 106 | — | #1,488 | — |
| 1991 | 123 | — | #1,336 | — |
| 1990 | 159 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1989 | 100 | — | #1,465 | — |
| 1988 | 105 | — | #1,357 | — |
| 1987 | 90 | — | #1,449 | — |
| 1986 | 102 | — | #1,306 | — |
| 1985 | 112 | — | #1,227 | — |
| 1984 | 115 | — | #1,168 | — |
| 1983 | 120 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1982 | 140 | — | #1,040 | — |
| 1981 | 162 | — | #927 | — |
| 1980 | 126 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1979 | 134 | — | #1,038 | — |
| 1978 | 141 | — | #981 | — |
| 1977 | 118 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1976 | 147 | — | #901 | — |
| 1975 | 140 | — | #924 | — |
| 1974 | 159 | — | #832 | — |
| 1973 | 135 | — | #911 | — |
| 1972 | 120 | — | #993 | — |
| 1971 | 149 | — | #892 | — |
| 1970 | 152 | — | #877 | — |
| 1969 | 163 | — | #807 | — |
| 1968 | 150 | — | #831 | — |
| 1967 | 148 | — | #820 | — |
| 1966 | 165 | — | #764 | — |
| 1965 | 170 | — | #759 | — |
| 1964 | 165 | — | #815 | — |
| 1963 | 187 | — | #754 | — |
| 1962 | 186 | — | #763 | — |
| 1961 | 202 | — | #734 | — |
| 1960 | 189 | — | #742 | — |
| 1959 | 191 | — | #734 | — |
| 1958 | 213 | — | #678 | — |
| 1957 | 194 | — | #716 | — |
| 1956 | 219 | — | #642 | — |
| 1955 | 233 | — | #604 | — |
| 1954 | 251 | — | #560 | — |
| 1953 | 237 | — | #571 | — |
| 1952 | 239 | — | #562 | — |
| 1951 | 205 | — | #599 | — |
| 1950 | 230 | — | #545 | — |
| 1949 | 237 | — | #541 | — |
| 1948 | 253 | — | #518 | — |
| 1947 | 253 | — | #525 | — |
| 1946 | 247 | — | #502 | #3,673 |
| 1945 | 221 | — | #486 | — |
| 1944 | 222 | — | #480 | — |
| 1943 | 244 | — | #472 | — |
| 1942 | 229 | — | #491 | — |
| 1941 | 231 | — | #456 | — |
| 1940 | 244 | — | #440 | #3,602 |
| 1939 | 238 | — | #436 | — |
| 1938 | 274 | — | #403 | — |
| 1937 | 237 | — | #420 | — |
| 1936 | 282 | — | #379 | — |
| 1935 | 294 | — | #370 | — |
| 1934 | 315 | — | #358 | #3,847 |
| 1933 | 307 | — | #360 | — |
| 1932 | 414 | — | #316 | #3,930 |
| 1931 | 386 | — | #328 | #3,194 |
| 1930 | 486 | — | #304 | #3,706 |
| 1929 | 514 | — | #285 | — |
| 1928 | 481 | — | #303 | — |
| 1927 | 524 | — | #293 | — |
| 1926 | 532 | — | #290 | — |
| 1925 | 526 | — | #294 | — |
| 1924 | 584 | — | #272 | #4,541 |
| 1923 | 553 | — | #274 | — |
| 1922 | 574 | — | #272 | — |
| 1921 | 575 | — | #278 | #4,006 |
| 1920 | 592 | — | #268 | — |
| 1919 | 553 | — | #270 | — |
| 1918 | 575 | — | #263 | — |
| 1917 | 589 | — | #255 | — |
| 1916 | 567 | — | #256 | — |
| 1915 | 465 | — | #274 | — |
| 1914 | 405 | — | #254 | — |
| 1913 | 327 | — | #256 | — |
| 1912 | 305 | — | #256 | — |
| 1911 | 230 | — | #255 | — |
| 1910 | 213 | — | #263 | — |
| 1909 | 196 | — | #257 | — |
| 1908 | 179 | — | #266 | — |
| 1907 | 154 | — | #282 | — |
| 1906 | 123 | — | #302 | — |
| 1905 | 138 | — | #282 | — |
| 1904 | 116 | — | #300 | — |
| 1903 | 110 | — | #297 | — |
| 1902 | 137 | — | #266 | — |
| 1901 | 105 | — | #297 | — |
| 1900 | 135 | — | #279 | — |
| 1899 | 104 | — | #286 | — |
| 1898 | 113 | — | #289 | — |
| 1897 | 103 | — | #278 | — |
| 1896 | 114 | — | #268 | — |
| 1895 | 94 | — | #295 | — |
| 1894 | 84 | — | #299 | — |
| 1893 | 74 | — | #313 | — |
| 1892 | 81 | — | #303 | — |
| 1891 | 53 | — | #347 | — |
| 1890 | 64 | — | #315 | — |
| 1889 | 60 | — | #316 | — |
| 1888 | 59 | — | #312 | — |
| 1887 | 51 | — | #298 | — |
| 1886 | 59 | — | #272 | — |
| 1885 | 53 | — | #273 | — |
| 1884 | 39 | — | #316 | — |
| 1883 | 26 | — | #358 | — |
| 1882 | 31 | — | #320 | — |
| 1881 | 38 | — | #262 | — |
| 1880 | 30 | — | #283 | — |