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Elvie

#3,850 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Elvie has been given to 3,429 babies in the U.S. since 1881. In 2025 it ranked #3,850 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1917, with 92 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Elvie, 2025

1 in 87,200

Elvie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Elvie over time

In 2025, Elvie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18812025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Elvie: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elvie means

Elvie is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Elvie is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,704 girls were recorded with the name Elvie between 1881 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 92 in 1917; its best national rank was #592 in 1881.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,548 in 2020 to #3,850 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,416 in 2015 to #3,850 in 2025.

In the United States, 725 boys were recorded with the name Elvie between 1890 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1915; its best national rank was #809 in 1903.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Elvie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 87,200
38 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 42,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,850
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
60,472 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elvie 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 2025 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 60,472 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elvie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elvies were born

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

Median birth year
1923
About 102 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
23.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.0%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
439
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1920s — 23.3% of all recorded uses (631).

Is Elvie 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
+380
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,698
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+9,566
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
5.43×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.3%
Peak was 1917 (92)
Years since peak
108
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#592
1881

Spellings of Elvie

Elvie is not the most common spelling — Elaine is, with 18.5% against Elvie's 0.19%.

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 Elvie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Elvie was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 111,867 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 20,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 25,000
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 33,333
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 50,000
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 50,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 100,000
  7. 7Maine1 in 100,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 100,000

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. Elvie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Elvie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Elvie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 776,056 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Kentucky1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Elvie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elvie around the world

Where Elvie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #2,006
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2014
    #802
    in 2014
  • Ireland
    2010–2010
    #910
    in 2010
  • France
    2008–2024
    #5,046
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2021–2021
    #2,638
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1952–1957
    #581
    in 1957

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Elvie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,850
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,698
Best rank ever
#592
1881
Peak year
1917
92 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,704
Count in 2025
38

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#809
1903
Peak year
1915
25 that year
First recorded
1890
Last recorded
1989
All-time count
725
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Elvie

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

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Names with a curve like Elvie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Elvie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LeraTheoElenoraFaeAlvertaLeoEdythAudieArvillaFairyMyrleEuna

Sibling names for Elvie

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

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