How Many People Are Named Elvira?
people named Elvira are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,963 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,278 babies named Elvira in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
592 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish form of a Visigothic name, possibly composed of the Germanic elements ala "all" and wer "true". This is the name of a character in Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elvira in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elvira alive today is about 53 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 35 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elvira first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 592 babies. In 2025, 119 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elvira has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #254, in 1914. In 2025 it ranked #1,715.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,715 |
| Best rank | #254 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #282 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elvira alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elvira were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,051 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elvira was given 7.6 times as often in New Mexico, 5 times in Texas and 4.9 times in Arizona.
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