Elvin
Elvin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 118 births. Its best rank was 284th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1180.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1927392 births
- Best rank
- #284in 1927
- Since 1880
- 20,830people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,830 boys have been named Elvin in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 392 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 118 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 146 | |
| 1890s | 190 | |
| 1900s | 326 | |
| 1910s | 2,070 | |
| 1920s | 3,364 | |
| 1930s | 2,551 | |
| 1940s | 1,994 | |
| 1950s | 1,830 | |
| 1960s | 1,444 | |
| 1970s | 1,197 | |
| 1980s | 1,096 | |
| 1990s | 1,155 | |
| 2000s | 1,651 | |
| 2010s | 1,278 | |
| 2020s | 538 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Elvin was the 284th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Elvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Everettepeak 1919
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Wiltonpeak 1924
- Mervinpeak 1920
- Ervinpeak 1921
- Coypeak 1926
- Hollispeak 1921
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.