Elver — boys' name

What the Data Says About Elver

The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Elver between 1900 and 2023, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elver currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Elver is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 1914.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elver performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Elver shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elver in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elver 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 299 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.