Elvira
Elvira was given to 119 girls in 2025, #1,715 among girls’ names; 27,278 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,500 Americans named Elvira and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 36 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elvira by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elvira mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elvira is “a female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.” Its etymology gives the sense “joyful sincerity” (thus).
A medieval Spanish royal name, of probably Gothic origin, and debated meaning, possibly 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan) + *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (*wērei), thus “joyful sincerity”. It became famous outside Spain after its appearance in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (1787). The place name Elvira is a contraction of the older Illiberi, new city.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elvira?
#1,715 among girls’ names, 2025
Elvira rose from #3,267 in 2015 to #1,715 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 28.0 to 74.0 per million.
592 babies in 1920, the peak
Elvira peaked in 1920, when 592 girls were given it, #268 among girls’ names. The 119 births of 2025 are 20% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,715 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,251 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,342 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,585 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,830 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,557 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,830 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,120 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,640 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,625 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 50 | #3,267 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,049 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,943 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,182 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,392 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,764 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,861 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,338 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,577 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,673 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,283 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,562 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 66 | #2,468 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,969 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,098 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,800 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,980 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,623 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,684 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,723 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 85 | #1,715 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,636 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 98 | #1,569 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 106 | #1,485 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 123 | #1,332 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 159 | #1,097 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,462 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,356 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,448 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 102 | #1,306 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 112 | #1,227 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 115 | #1,168 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 120 | #1,122 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 140 | #1,040 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 162 | #927 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 126 | #1,098 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 134 | #1,038 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 141 | #981 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 118 | #1,098 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 147 | #901 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 140 | #924 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 159 | #832 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 135 | #911 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 120 | #993 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 149 | #892 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 152 | #877 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 163 | #807 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 150 | #831 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 148 | #820 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 165 | #764 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 170 | #759 | 0.10 |
| 1964 | 165 | #815 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 187 | #754 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 186 | #763 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 202 | #734 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 189 | #742 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 191 | #734 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 213 | #678 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 194 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 219 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 233 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 251 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 237 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1952 | 239 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 205 | #598 | 0.11 |
| 1950 | 230 | #544 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 237 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 253 | #517 | 0.15 |
| 1947 | 253 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 242 | #502 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 221 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 222 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1943 | 244 | #472 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 229 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 231 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 239 | #440 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 238 | #436 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 274 | #403 | 0.25 |
| 1937 | 237 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1936 | 282 | #379 | 0.27 |
| 1935 | 294 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1934 | 310 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1933 | 307 | #360 | 0.30 |
| 1932 | 409 | #316 | 0.38 |
| 1931 | 379 | #328 | 0.36 |
| 1930 | 480 | #304 | 0.43 |
| 1929 | 514 | #285 | 0.46 |
| 1928 | 481 | #303 | 0.42 |
| 1927 | 524 | #293 | 0.44 |
| 1926 | 532 | #290 | 0.45 |
| 1925 | 526 | #294 | 0.43 |
| 1924 | 579 | #272 | 0.46 |
| 1923 | 553 | #274 | 0.46 |
| 1922 | 574 | #272 | 0.48 |
| 1921 | 569 | #278 | 0.46 |
| 1920 | 592 | #268 | 0.49 |
| 1919 | 553 | #270 | 0.49 |
| 1918 | 575 | #263 | 0.50 |
| 1917 | 589 | #255 | 0.54 |
| 1916 | 567 | #256 | 0.54 |
| 1915 | 465 | #274 | 0.47 |
| 1914 | 405 | #254 | 0.53 |
| 1913 | 327 | #256 | 0.52 |
| 1912 | 305 | #256 | 0.55 |
| 1911 | 230 | #255 | 0.55 |
| 1910 | 213 | #263 | 0.54 |
| 1909 | 196 | #257 | 0.56 |
| 1908 | 179 | #266 | 0.54 |
| 1907 | 154 | #282 | 0.48 |
| 1906 | 123 | #302 | 0.42 |
| 1905 | 138 | #282 | 0.47 |
| 1904 | 116 | #300 | 0.42 |
| 1903 | 110 | #297 | 0.42 |
| 1902 | 137 | #266 | 0.52 |
| 1901 | 105 | #297 | 0.44 |
| 1900 | 135 | #279 | 0.45 |
| 1899 | 104 | #286 | 0.45 |
| 1898 | 113 | #289 | 0.44 |
| 1897 | 103 | #278 | 0.44 |
| 1896 | 114 | #268 | 0.48 |
| 1895 | 94 | #295 | 0.40 |
| 1894 | 84 | #299 | 0.38 |
| 1893 | 74 | #313 | 0.35 |
| 1892 | 81 | #303 | 0.38 |
| 1891 | 53 | #347 | 0.29 |
| 1890 | 64 | #315 | 0.34 |
| 1889 | 60 | #316 | 0.34 |
| 1888 | 59 | #312 | 0.33 |
| 1887 | 51 | #298 | 0.35 |
| 1886 | 59 | #272 | 0.41 |
| 1885 | 53 | #273 | 0.40 |
| 1884 | 39 | #316 | 0.30 |
| 1883 | 26 | #358 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 31 | #320 | 0.29 |
| 1881 | 38 | #262 | 0.41 |
| 1880 | 30 | #283 | 0.33 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Elvira a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elvira has been given almost only to girls: 44 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Elvira: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elvira, and how old are they?
10,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 39% of the 27,278 Americans ever recorded as Elvira. The median Elvira alive today is 57 years old; half are between 36 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 31,500 people named Elvira (31,444 women and girls, 56 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,733 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,170 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,740 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,110 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 876 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elvira born?
The states with the most babies named Elvira are Texas, California and New York, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6,155 | #1,323 | 4.0× |
| California | 3,821 | #1,518 | 2.5× |
| New York | 2,762 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,015 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 854 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Mexico | 699 | not ranked | 5.0× |
| New Jersey | 672 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 620 | #949 | 3.2× |
| Massachusetts | 469 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 316 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Elvira is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elvira is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 5.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elvira with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 32,552 babies since 1880, Elvira is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 119 of their 119 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elvira
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elvira and names like it
- Compare Elvira and ElveraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sElvira peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elvira since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Elvira: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Elvira.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elvira alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.