Elvyn — boys' name
83 babies named Elvyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Elvyn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Elvyn in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elvyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Elvyn between 1917 and 1991, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elvyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Elvyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1918.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elvyn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Elvyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elvyn 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 83 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.
Elvyn at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elvyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1917
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
83 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 8 births in a single year.
Elvyn popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 1918 (Elvyn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Elvyn accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Elvyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 44 births that decade — 53% of Elvyn's all-time total
Elvyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elvyn's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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, 1917–1991 (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.