Elvy — #13507 US unisex name
110 babies named Elvy in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 24% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Elvy was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Elvy in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elvy
The Social Security Administration has registered 110 babies named Elvy between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elvy currently holds the #13507 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Elvy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 57 additional births since 1914.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elvy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Elvy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elvy 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 110 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.
Elvy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Elvy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1910
- Peak year (1920)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
Currently ranks #13507 among girls.
110 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 10 births in a single year.
Elvy popularity over time — boys
57 total births recorded since 1914 (Elvy as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Elvy accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Elvy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 38 births that decade — 35% of Elvy's all-time total
Elvy decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elvy's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1910–2024 (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.