The first name Elvin

In 2025, 16 boys were named Elvin, making it the 1,613th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2023, with 30 births (#987).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Elvin with other names.

In 2025, 102 boys born in the United States were named Elvin, the 1,647th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1927, when 392 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Elvin Jones
  American jazz drummer (1927–2004)
• Elvin Hayes
  American basketball player (born 1945)
• Elvin Bishop
  American musician, born 1942
• Elvin Mammadov
  Football player, born 1988
• Elvin Beqiri
  Albanian footballer, born 1980
• Elvin Mamishzade
  Azerbaijani boxer, born 1991
• Elvin Mursaliyev
  Azerbaijani wrestler, born 1988
• Elvin Aliyev
  Azerbaijani footballer, born 1984
• Elvin Yunuszade
  Footballer, born 1992
• Elvin Badalov
  Azerbaijani association football player, born 1995
• Elvin Jafarguliyev
  Azerbaijani footballer, born 2000
• Elvin Morton Jellinek
  American physician, 1890–1963

What does the name Elvin mean?

Variant of Alvin.

How popular is the name Elvin?

In 2025, 16 boys born in England and Wales were named Elvin, ranking 1,613th. Its peak was 2023, with 30 births.

Is Elvin a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 99% of the 21,166 US babies named Elvin since 1880 were boys.

When was Elvin most popular?

1927 in the United States, when 392 babies were named Elvin, its highest rank at 284th.