# Elvin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elvin/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,166 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 20,932 / 234 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 289, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Alvin.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 7 | 3,879 |
| 1929 | 7 | 3,787 |
| 1930 | 6 | 4,195 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,606 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4,408 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,568 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,895 |
| 1937 | 7 | 3,550 |
| 1940 | 7 | 3,609 |
| 1942 | 5 | 4,837 |
| 1943 | 6 | 4,334 |
| 1944 | 6 | 4,202 |
| 1946 | 6 | 4,592 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5,484 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7,551 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 143 | 1,223 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 136 | 1,280 |
| 2014 | 132 | 1,324 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 105 | 1,557 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,447 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1,488 |
| 2020 | 105 | 1,563 |
| 2021 | 99 | 1,668 |
| 2022 | 98 | 1,724 |
| 2023 | 118 | 1,502 |
| 2024 | 118 | 1,513 |
| 2025 | 102 | 1,647 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Elvin

- Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (1927–2004)
- Elvin Hayes, American basketball player (born 1945)
- Elvin Bishop, American musician
- Elvin Mammadov, football player
- Elvin Beqiri, Albanian footballer
- Elvin Mamishzade, Azerbaijani boxer
- Elvin Mursaliyev, Azerbaijani wrestler
- Elvin Aliyev, Azerbaijani footballer
- Elvin Yunuszade, footballer
- Elvin Badalov, Azerbaijani association football player
- Elvin Jafarguliyev, Azerbaijani footballer
- Elvin Morton Jellinek, American physician

## 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.