Elves — boys' name

What the Data Says About Elves

The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Elves between 1921 and 1960, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elves currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elves performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elves shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elves in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elves 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 14 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.