girl's name

Elvina

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,559

Elvina is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1920, when 77 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Elvina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Elvina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 94
1890s 171
1900s 194
1910s 457
1920s 537
1930s 314
1940s 197
1950s 149
1960s 97
1970s 65
1980s 85
1990s 41
2000s 53
2010s 98
2020s (to 2025) 53

How popular is Elvina?

In 2025, Elvina was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Elvina is used

Canada #3,236 6 in 2018
France #6,727 5 in 2025
England & Wales #7,220 3 in 2025
United States #12,709 7 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Elvina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Elvina also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Elvina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Elvina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Elvina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Elvina

How popular is the name Elvina?

In 2025, Elvina was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Elvina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Elvina?

Elvina has 3 syllables.

When was Elvina most popular?

Elvina peaked in 1920, when 77 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Elvina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Elvina currently ranks #6,727 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.