Elver*
#8,837 most common boys' name of all time · #22,352 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1900–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#8,837
Rank overall
#22,352 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
354
Since 2016
33
Peak year
2003 #4,831
Best rank
#1,481 1900
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Elver first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,750 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,921 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,179 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,805 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,594 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,777 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,759 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,748 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,586 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,741 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,960 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,492 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,140 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,019 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,831 |
| 2002 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,156 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,626 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,469 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,000 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,034 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,863 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,530 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,995 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1938 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,279 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,102 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,069 |
| 1928 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,564 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1925 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,370 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,885 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,830 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,413 |
| 1921 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,284 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,400 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,762 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,011 |
| 1914 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,355 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,947 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,481 |