How rare is the name Elvira?

31,500 people in the United States have the first name Elvira, about 1 in 9,588. It ranks #1,220 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELVIRA

#1,220

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,500
About
1 in 9,588
This common or more
72.7%
Who bears it

Of the 31,500 people named Elvira, 70.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% as White and 7.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elvira peaked in 1920, when 592 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
592
In 2025*
119 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 27,278 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.

Elvira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #428. The largest share of babies named Elvira, 36.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#543446
1890s#469884
1900s#4281,393
1910s#4624,229
1920s#5245,455
1930s#6533,233
1940s#8922,381
1950s#1,0952,212
1960s#1,3461,725
1970s#1,6051,395
1980s#2,0041,172
1990s#2,6381,022
2000s#4,191724
2010s#5,420532
2020s#4,151475
Before 19015.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2736.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.6%
Baby boom 1946–6415.1%
Generation X 1965–808.5%
Millennials 1981–966.6%
Generation Z 1997–124.1%
2013 and later3.2%

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 Elvira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elvira has been most common in New Mexico (6.4×), Texas (4×), and Arizona (2.5×), and least common in North Carolina (0.08×).

20,178 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.

Exactly as common as Elvira

1 other first name also has 31,500 people.

#1,220 Jasper · 31,500

Either side of Elvira

#1,218 Helena · 31,617#1,219 Drake · 31,584#1,220 Jasper · 31,500#1,222 Gwen · 31,346

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elvira, most common first.

#10,600 Elvera · 1,246#21,789 Elvir · 463#36,086 Elvire · 221#44,846 Elbira · 153

Also a last name

As a last name, Elvira ranks #30,530 of 156,621, with 819 people. See Elvira as a last name

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