Elverna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elverna

The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Elverna between 1904 and 1952, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elverna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elverna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elverna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Elverna in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elverna 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 288 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.