NameTides

Elvira

Elvira was the #1,710 girls' name in the US in 2025 (119 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #2,131 in Canada.

Elvira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elvira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Elvira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,710 (119)#3,035 (8)#2,131 (10)
2024#2,248 (83)—#1,949 (11)
2023#2,336 (78)#5,688 (3)#2,366 (8)
2022#2,579 (68)#3,971 (5)#2,315 (8)
2021#2,818 (60)#3,192 (7)#3,280 (5)
2020#2,549 (67)#2,843 (8)—
2019#2,814 (59)#3,541 (6)—
2018#3,107 (52)#2,901 (8)#2,892 (6)
2017#2,635 (66)#3,229 (7)#2,374 (8)
2016#2,617 (67)#4,763 (4)#3,294 (5)
2015#3,254 (50)#2,945 (8)—
2014#3,041 (55)#5,691 (3)#2,374 (8)
2013#2,936 (57)——
2012#3,169 (52)#4,838 (4)#3,334 (5)
2011#4,353 (33)#3,549 (6)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1909 at #256.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Elvira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elvira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Elvira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElviraCanadaGirls#2,13110
ElviraEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
ElviraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElviraUSGirls#1,710119
ElviraUSBoys—too few