Elva — #3686 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elva

The Social Security Administration has registered 31,654 babies named Elva between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elva currently holds the #3686 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 789 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6,314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,277 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Elva in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elva 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 31,654 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.