Elve — unisex name

What the Data Says About Elve

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Elve between 1915 and 1932, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elve currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Elve is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1918.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elve performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elve shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elve 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 28 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.