Elvire — girls' name
20 babies named Elvire in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Elvire was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Elvire in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elvire
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Elvire between 1902 and 1924, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elvire currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elvire performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elvire shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elvire in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elvire 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 20 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.
Elvire at a glance
Last recorded 1924Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elvire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1902
- Peak year (1917)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1924.
20 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 9 births in a single year.
Elvire by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 9 births that decade — 45% of Elvire's all-time total
Elvire decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Elvire's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Elvire by state
Where Elvire concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 6 | 30.0% |
6 of 20 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 30.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 30.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1902–1924 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.