Girls' name · since 1880
Elmire
Elmire has 213 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1906 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Elmire sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 213 recorded since 1880.
Elmire has 213 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1947.
- #19,156 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elmire ranks #19,156 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #19,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Elmire's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Elmire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elmire's SSA record in two at 1909 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1906 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elmire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1947
- Peak year (1906)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Elmire by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (58 births, 27% of the file).
1910s was Elmire's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Elmire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 17
1880s
17 births
- 1890s
1890s
41 births
- 1900s
1900s
55 births
- 1910s
1910s
58 births
- 1920s
1920s
36 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 58 births (27% of all-time use).
Elmire by state
Where Elmire concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 16 | 7.5% |
16 of 213 births nationwide.
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What to do with Elmire's data
- Elmire's decade-level peak was the 1910s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Elmires (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elmire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1906)
Similar record span (~67 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elmire draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.