Elvera
Elvera is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 447th, in 1919.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1921219 births
- Best rank
- #447in 1919
- Since 1887
- 5,200people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,200 girls have been named Elvera in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 219 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 219 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1920s alone account for 34%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elvera | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 111 | |
| 1900s | 326 | |
| 1910s | 1,432 | |
| 1920s | 1,748 | |
| 1930s | 780 | |
| 1940s | 375 | |
| 1950s | 229 | |
| 1960s | 110 | |
| 1970s | 39 | |
| 1980s | 17 | |
| 2000s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 5 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Elvera was the 465th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Elvera
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Berneicepeak 1918
- Berniecepeak 1918
- Antonettapeak 1915
- Browniepeak 1923
- Bernicepeak 1921
- Lucillepeak 1920
- Alverapeak 1918
- Mozellepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.