Elmyra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elmyra

The Social Security Administration has registered 537 babies named Elmyra between 1893 and 2019, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elmyra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elmyra performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Elmyra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Elmyra in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elmyra 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 537 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.