Elmire — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elmire

The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Elmire between 1880 and 1947, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elmire currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1906, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elmire performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elmire shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elmire in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elmire in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 213 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.