Elva
#797 most common girls' name of all time · #1,441 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#797
Rank overall
#1,441 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
32,514
Since 2016
443
Peak year
1918 #225
Best rank
#161 1901
Girls
Boys
peak 818/yr
Elva is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,645 |
| 2024 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,639 |
| 2023 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,913 |
| 2022 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2021 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,091 |
| 2020 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,401 |
| 2019 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,173 |
| 2018 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,245 |
| 2017 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,306 |
| 2016 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,585 |
| 2013 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,778 |
| 2012 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,524 |
| 2011 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,246 |
| 2010 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,076 |
| 2009 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,944 |
| 2008 | 38 | — | 38 | #4,090 |
| 2007 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,482 |
| 2006 | 56 | — | 56 | #3,017 |
| 2005 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,731 |
| 2004 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,266 |
| 2003 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,292 |
| 2002 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,888 |
| 2001 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,844 |
| 2000 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,480 |
| 1999 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,610 |
| 1998 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,339 |
| 1997 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,512 |
| 1996 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,084 |
| 1995 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,517 |
| 1994 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,999 |
| 1993 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,725 |
| 1992 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,136 |
| 1990 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,769 |
| 1989 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,874 |
| 1988 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,660 |
| 1987 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,748 |
| 1986 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,589 |
| 1985 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,740 |
| 1984 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,552 |
| 1982 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,347 |
| 1981 | 95 | 5 | 100 | #1,319 |
| 1980 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,571 |
| 1979 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,421 |
| 1978 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,374 |
| 1977 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,325 |
| 1976 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,206 |
| 1975 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,084 |
| 1974 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,240 |
| 1973 | 120 | — | 120 | #991 |
| 1972 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,096 |
| 1971 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,094 |
| 1970 | 107 | 5 | 112 | #1,099 |
| 1969 | 121 | — | 121 | #975 |
| 1968 | 128 | — | 128 | #913 |
| 1967 | 136 | — | 136 | #872 |
| 1966 | 133 | — | 133 | #870 |
| 1965 | 152 | — | 152 | #803 |
| 1964 | 150 | 9 | 159 | #850 |
| 1963 | 149 | — | 149 | #856 |
| 1962 | 173 | — | 173 | #789 |
| 1961 | 177 | 5 | 182 | #788 |
| 1960 | 189 | — | 189 | #740 |
| 1959 | 195 | 5 | 200 | #716 |
| 1958 | 205 | 5 | 210 | #692 |
| 1957 | 208 | 10 | 218 | #691 |
| 1956 | 217 | 7 | 224 | #648 |
| 1955 | 246 | 5 | 251 | #585 |
| 1954 | 266 | 7 | 273 | #546 |
| 1953 | 228 | — | 228 | #588 |
| 1952 | 218 | 9 | 227 | #590 |
| 1951 | 274 | 6 | 280 | #495 |
| 1950 | 225 | 10 | 235 | #554 |
| 1949 | 249 | 5 | 254 | #518 |
| 1948 | 257 | 11 | 268 | #512 |
| 1947 | 290 | 9 | 299 | #482 |
| 1946 | 253 | 13 | 266 | #488 |
| 1945 | 239 | 6 | 245 | #464 |
| 1944 | 258 | 12 | 270 | #451 |
| 1943 | 298 | 14 | 312 | #427 |
| 1942 | 269 | 17 | 286 | #448 |
| 1941 | 284 | 14 | 298 | #406 |
| 1940 | 301 | 13 | 314 | #384 |
| 1939 | 333 | 18 | 351 | #357 |
| 1938 | 324 | 12 | 336 | #361 |
| 1937 | 318 | 11 | 329 | #363 |
| 1936 | 333 | 16 | 349 | #343 |
| 1935 | 369 | 14 | 383 | #328 |
| 1934 | 359 | 20 | 379 | #329 |
| 1933 | 420 | 14 | 434 | #296 |
| 1932 | 412 | 17 | 429 | #315 |
| 1931 | 414 | 18 | 432 | #315 |
| 1930 | 512 | 20 | 532 | #291 |
| 1929 | 540 | 17 | 557 | #276 |
| 1928 | 560 | 19 | 579 | #275 |
| 1927 | 551 | 25 | 576 | #285 |
| 1926 | 572 | 24 | 596 | #278 |
| 1925 | 632 | 18 | 650 | #265 |
| 1924 | 631 | 22 | 653 | #263 |
| 1923 | 655 | 29 | 684 | #251 |
| 1922 | 686 | 20 | 706 | #249 |
| 1921 | 720 | 16 | 736 | #249 |
| 1920 | 767 | 27 | 794 | #234 |
| 1919 | 782 | 14 | 796 | #223 |
| 1918 | 789 | 29 | 818 | #225 |
| 1917 | 760 | 12 | 772 | #223 |
| 1916 | 783 | 21 | 804 | #217 |
| 1915 | 753 | 16 | 769 | #216 |
| 1914 | 563 | 20 | 583 | #224 |
| 1913 | 496 | 14 | 510 | #209 |
| 1912 | 430 | 6 | 436 | #216 |
| 1911 | 354 | — | 354 | #202 |
| 1910 | 342 | 5 | 347 | #194 |
| 1909 | 279 | 6 | 285 | #205 |
| 1908 | 279 | 8 | 287 | #201 |
| 1907 | 297 | 9 | 306 | #184 |
| 1906 | 235 | — | 235 | #201 |
| 1905 | 261 | 6 | 267 | #189 |
| 1904 | 234 | — | 234 | #193 |
| 1903 | 255 | 5 | 260 | #182 |
| 1902 | 253 | — | 253 | #182 |
| 1901 | 283 | 8 | 291 | #161 |
| 1900 | 301 | 5 | 306 | #178 |
| 1899 | 194 | — | 194 | #197 |
| 1898 | 261 | 5 | 266 | #180 |
| 1897 | 198 | — | 198 | #198 |
| 1896 | 198 | 6 | 204 | #196 |
| 1895 | 218 | 5 | 223 | #182 |
| 1894 | 176 | — | 176 | #200 |
| 1893 | 156 | — | 156 | #201 |
| 1892 | 181 | 5 | 186 | #188 |
| 1891 | 158 | 5 | 163 | #187 |
| 1890 | 160 | 6 | 166 | #187 |
| 1889 | 135 | — | 135 | #195 |
| 1888 | 128 | — | 128 | #199 |
| 1887 | 99 | — | 99 | #205 |
| 1886 | 110 | 6 | 116 | #190 |
| 1885 | 108 | — | 108 | #177 |
| 1884 | 81 | 6 | 87 | #210 |
| 1883 | 72 | 5 | 77 | #206 |
| 1882 | 75 | 5 | 80 | #185 |
| 1881 | 51 | — | 51 | #214 |
| 1880 | 44 | — | 44 | #234 |