first name
ELVA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,332 people named Elva, 70.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 23.4% as White and 3.8% as Black. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Elva peaked in 1918, when 818 babies got the name.
At least 32,514 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Elva by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #272. The largest share of babies named Elva, 43.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Elva is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elva has been most common in West Virginia (3×), Texas (2.5×), and Oklahoma (2.2×), and least common in Florida (0.1×).
22,381 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elva, most common first.
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