Elven

Boy · recorded 1912–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1919best year

Most popular in 1919.

Last recorded in 1998. 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 Elven.

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 1912

0112219121934195519771998

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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 42 recorded years as a table
Elven, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191221
191320
191417
191520
191621
191713
191813
191922
19208
192121
192214
192314
192412
192517
192614
192712
192814
192911
193011
193111
193213
193310
193417
19355
19367
193715
19398
194011
19426
19444
19457
19464
19483
19493
19523
19542
19562
19583
19593
19743
19754
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elven 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 1998
5
Rank in 1998
#9,631
How rare
1 in 382,273 boys
Since 1912
464

Elven was last recorded in 1998. 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 1919, at 22 per million boys born.

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

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