Boys' name · since 1913
Elvert
Elvert has 276 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,099 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 276
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
276 boys have been named Elvert since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Elvert has 276 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1989.
- #11,099 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 276 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elvert ranks #11,099 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 276 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,099 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 276
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Elvert's 276 recorded births place it above 75.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elvert's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elvert's full recorded timeline at 1934, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1934 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elvert popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1989
- Peak year (1934)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Elvert by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (76 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Elvert's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Elvert births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
58 births
- 1940s
1940s
40 births
- 1950s
1950s
37 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 76 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elvert's data
- Elvert's decade-level peak was the 1920s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elvert: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~76 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elvert draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.