Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Elva

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elva
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.8% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

789

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

94.8%

2024

All-time

31,654

Elva once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 789 girls were named Elva.

In 2024, only 41 girls were given the name.

Down 94.8% from its peak.

All told, about 31,654 Americans have been named Elva and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.8% from peak

1918789 girls named Elva

202441 girls named Elva

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