Elva

Boy · recorded 1882–1981

  • 1981last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Elva.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1882

0387518821907193219561981

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 69 recorded years as a table
Elva, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188244
188348
188452
188654
189054
189149
189241
189543
189650
189841
190033
190175
190342
190545
190761
190852
190937
191026
191214
191327
191431
191519
191624
191713
191829
191914
192025
192115
192218
192326
192419
192516
192622
192722
192817
192916
193018
193117
193216
193314
193419
193513
193615
193710
193811
193916
194011
194111
194212
194310
19449
19454
19468
19475
19486
19493
19506
19513
19525
19543
19552
19563
19575
19582
19592
19612
19645
19703
19813

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elva isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981
5
Rank in 1981
#6,262
How rare
1 in 358,235 boys
Since 1882
817

Elva was last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 75 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Elva doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.