Elvera vs Elvina
American parents have registered 5,200 Elveras since 1880, against 2,605 Elvinas. But in 2025 it was Elvina that was commoner, 7 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Elvera Elvina
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 139 years in which either name was published, Elvina for 70 years and Elvera for 69 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1880–1897 Elvina ahead
- 1898–1968 Elvera ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1972–2025 Elvina ahead, apart from one short spell
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Elvera | Elvina | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,200 | 2,605 |
| Most in one year | 219 | 77 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 780 | 790 |
| Median age today | 78 | 56 |
| Peak year | 1921 | 1920 |
| Best rank | 464th girls | 821st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 11,932nd |
| First recorded | 1887 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 5,200 / 0 | 2,605 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Elveras alive today are over 78; half the Elvinas are over 56. That is 22 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Elvera Minnesota (5.8×), Nebraska (4.8×), Wisconsin (3.0×)
- Elvina Louisiana (37.7×), Minnesota (4.6×), Pennsylvania (1.1×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Elvera and Elvina.