Elmyra

Girls' name

Possibly noble + famous, through Elmira

Elmyra has been given to 537 babies in the U.S. since 1893. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1915, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Elmyra, 2019

1 in 694,000

Elmyra over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elmyra: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly noble + famous, through Elmira

Germanic languages

What Elmyra means

Elmyra belongs to the name family reached through Elmyra → Elmira. Its meaning is “noble + famous”.

Origin, language, and formation

Elmyra is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elmira.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 537 girls were recorded with the name Elmyra between 1893 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1915; its best national rank was #874 in 1893.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Elmyra?

Elmyra had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 694,000; 5 of 3,472,229 births
Among girls only: 1 in 336,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,354 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elmyra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,354 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elmyra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elmyras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elmyra was born before 1923 — so the typical Elmyra is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 28.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 0.93%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 52; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 28.3% of all recorded uses (152).

Is Elmyra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1915 (24)
Years since peak: 110; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #874; 1893

Spellings of Elmyra

Elmyra is not the most common spelling — Myra is, with 33.0% against Elmyra's 0.28%.

Myra33.0%63,916
Elvira14.1%27,234
Elma11.2%21,703
Elnora11.0%21,363
Elora4.6%8,811
Lyra4.2%8,095
Elayna2.7%5,251
Elvera2.7%5,200

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Elmyra is used

Across 1910–2025, Elmyra was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 797,409 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Pennsylvania1 in —
2Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Elmyra has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elmyra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #874; 1893
Peak year: 1915; 24 that year
First recorded: 1893
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 537
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Elmyra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Elmina Amayra Anayra Kamyra Zakyra Zamyra Jamyra Jakyra Samyra Nayra Elmira Elmire Khyra Akyra Kayra Alyra Takyra Aayra Keyra Damyra Elmarie Camyra Tamyra Thyra

Sibling names for Elmyra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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