Meaning not yet researched.
Elvin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 102 in 2025. Its best rank was #284 in 1927.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #284 in 1927; #1,647 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elvin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,647 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1927, at #284.
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Elvin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 102 boys in 2025. Peak: #284 in 1927 · most boys in one year: 392 (1927).
In 2025, 102 US boys were named Elvin, making it the 1,647th most common boys’ name of the year, down 134 places from #1,513 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 118 boys named Elvin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #284, reached in 1927. That year also had the most boys given the name: 392. For comparison, it was #1,362 in 2015 and #495 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elvin in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 21,166 US babies have been given the name, 1.1% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 3,450 babies named Elvin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,098 US boys were named Elvin; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 121. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,746 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elvin ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #814 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Elven, Elvan and Elvyn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elven (464), Elvan (150), Elvyn (94), Elvon (23), Elvine (20).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Elvin in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 5 | #814 | #573 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #958 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,293 | #716 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,429 | #1,805 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,521 | #781 |
| California | 9 | #1,724 | #1,473 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 102 | #1,647 |
| 2024 | — | — | 118 | #1,513 |
| 2023 | — | — | 118 | #1,502 |
| 2022 | — | — | 98 | #1,724 |
| 2021 | — | — | 99 | #1,668 |
| 2020 | — | — | 105 | #1,563 |
| 2019 | — | — | 115 | #1,488 |
| 2018 | — | — | 121 | #1,447 |
| 2017 | — | — | 105 | #1,557 |
| 2016 | — | — | 117 | #1,472 |
| 2015 | — | — | 128 | #1,362 |
| 2014 | — | — | 132 | #1,324 |
| 2013 | — | — | 136 | #1,280 |
| 2012 | — | — | 144 | #1,229 |
| 2011 | — | — | 143 | #1,223 |
| 2010 | — | — | 137 | #1,270 |
| 2009 | — | — | 154 | #1,175 |
| 2008 | — | — | 185 | #1,029 |
| 2007 | — | — | 214 | #927 |
| 2006 | — | — | 169 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | — | — | 182 | #960 |
| 2004 | — | — | 176 | #954 |
| 2003 | — | — | 161 | #986 |
| 2002 | — | — | 142 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | — | — | 137 | #1,056 |
| 2000 | — | — | 131 | #1,081 |
| 1999 | — | — | 149 | #968 |
| 1998 | — | — | 109 | #1,151 |
| 1997 | — | — | 110 | #1,136 |
| 1996 | — | — | 87 | #1,268 |
| 1995 | — | — | 110 | #1,072 |
| 1994 | — | — | 104 | #1,107 |
| 1993 | — | — | 121 | #984 |
| 1992 | — | — | 132 | #925 |
| 1991 | — | — | 111 | #1,027 |
| 1990 | — | — | 122 | #934 |
| 1989 | — | — | 116 | #947 |
| 1988 | — | — | 122 | #860 |
| 1987 | — | — | 96 | #965 |
| 1986 | — | — | 101 | #913 |
| 1985 | — | — | 121 | #808 |
| 1984 | — | — | 106 | #857 |
| 1983 | — | — | 103 | #864 |
| 1982 | — | — | 106 | #866 |
| 1981 | — | — | 112 | #832 |
| 1980 | — | — | 113 | #829 |
| 1979 | — | — | 136 | #742 |
| 1978 | — | — | 133 | #730 |
| 1977 | — | — | 119 | #783 |
| 1976 | — | — | 123 | #749 |
| 1975 | — | — | 115 | #773 |
| 1974 | — | — | 98 | #814 |
| 1973 | — | — | 96 | #804 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,551 | 120 | #728 |
| 1971 | — | — | 126 | #735 |
| 1970 | — | — | 131 | #718 |
| 1969 | — | — | 139 | #670 |
| 1968 | — | — | 107 | #723 |
| 1967 | — | — | 127 | #664 |
| 1966 | — | — | 122 | #671 |
| 1965 | — | — | 122 | #673 |
| 1964 | — | — | 155 | #623 |
| 1963 | — | — | 160 | #615 |
| 1962 | — | — | 145 | #644 |
| 1961 | — | — | 191 | #568 |
| 1960 | — | — | 176 | #588 |
| 1959 | — | — | 192 | #562 |
| 1958 | — | — | 204 | #539 |
| 1957 | — | — | 182 | #573 |
| 1956 | — | — | 188 | #554 |
| 1955 | — | — | 170 | #569 |
| 1954 | — | — | 179 | #541 |
| 1953 | — | — | 183 | #526 |
| 1952 | — | — | 178 | #523 |
| 1951 | — | — | 172 | #523 |
| 1950 | — | — | 182 | #495 |
| 1949 | — | — | 174 | #505 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,484 | 188 | #485 |
| 1947 | — | — | 216 | #457 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,592 | 202 | #445 |
| 1945 | — | — | 176 | #448 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,202 | 202 | #430 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,334 | 219 | #419 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,837 | 219 | #415 |
| 1941 | — | — | 198 | #415 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,609 | 200 | #407 |
| 1939 | — | — | 231 | #376 |
| 1938 | — | — | 208 | #394 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,550 | 231 | #354 |
| 1936 | — | — | 230 | #356 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,895 | 241 | #353 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,568 | 266 | #333 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,408 | 247 | #340 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,606 | 255 | #348 |
| 1931 | — | — | 301 | #312 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,195 | 341 | #307 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,787 | 299 | #320 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,879 | 323 | #312 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,124 | 392 | #284 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,074 | 352 | #302 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,460 | 348 | #305 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,026 | 323 | #323 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,780 | 304 | #333 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,142 | 346 | #308 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,644 | 346 | #312 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,778 | 331 | #318 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,067 | 316 | #311 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,998 | 316 | #319 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,351 | 291 | #313 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,073 | 265 | #325 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,586 | 301 | #287 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,488 | 192 | #331 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,205 | 129 | #367 |
| 1912 | — | — | 128 | #334 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,586 | 78 | #301 |
| 1910 | — | — | 54 | #340 |
| 1909 | — | — | 55 | #313 |
| 1908 | — | — | 42 | #349 |
| 1907 | — | — | 40 | #342 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #368 |
| 1905 | — | — | 27 | #417 |
| 1904 | — | — | 29 | #382 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #436 |
| 1902 | — | — | 29 | #371 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #373 |
| 1900 | — | — | 24 | #471 |
| 1899 | — | — | 21 | #406 |
| 1898 | — | — | 19 | #475 |
| 1897 | — | — | 18 | #460 |
| 1896 | — | — | 21 | #428 |
| 1895 | — | — | 25 | #385 |
| 1894 | — | — | 18 | #470 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #406 |
| 1892 | — | — | 24 | #387 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #482 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #640 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #391 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #512 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #647 |
| 1886 | — | — | 15 | #479 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #557 |
| 1884 | — | — | 14 | #510 |
| 1883 | — | — | 15 | #465 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #474 |
| 1881 | — | — | 20 | #376 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #612 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).