# Elva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 32,514 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 817 / 31,697 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 215, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,280 |
| 2012 | 45 | 3,544 |
| 2013 | 40 | 3,805 |
| 2014 | 43 | 3,606 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,550 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,073 |
| 2017 | 48 | 3,319 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,262 |
| 2019 | 50 | 3,188 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,413 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,120 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,725 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,930 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,661 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,665 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 11 | 2,365 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,846 |
| 1950 | 10 | 2,480 |
| 1951 | 6 | 3,462 |
| 1952 | 9 | 2,736 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,245 |
| 1955 | 5 | 4,023 |
| 1956 | 7 | 3,300 |
| 1957 | 10 | 2,703 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,120 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,166 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,242 |
| 1964 | 9 | 2,918 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,930 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,576 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Elva

- Elva Lawton, American botanist and bryologist (1896-1993)
- Mrs. Miller, American singer (1907-1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.