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Elvin

Gender
Mostly boys
Say it
EL-vin
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#1,686 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,644 for boys

Elvin is a name of Old English origin, meaning “elf friend”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 1,644th for boys in the US (102 babies).

What does Elvin mean?

Old English: variant of Alvin, from Ælfwine

“elf friend”

Variant of Alvin, which comes from the Old English name Ælfwine.

More on Wiktionary.

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

In recent years, Elvin has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 16 boys in the UK and 102 boys in the US.

How popular is Elvin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,686th among boys
Babies in 2025
16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 91% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Elvin, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 31 boys. 3 girls were also named Elvin in 2025 (5,990th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Elvin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 16% of the babies named Elvin in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 31 in 20232025
Elvin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202516#1,686
202414#1,825
202331#1,049
202220#1,404
202113#1,876
202014#1,733
20199#2,399
20189#2,388
20175#3,608
201615#1,723
201510#2,260
20146#3,125
20138#2,541
201213#1,850
20111#6,218
20108#2,534
200911#1,959
200814#1,599
200717#1,399
200612#1,640
20056#2,545
20048#1,983
20036#2,283
20023#3,325
20014#2,714
20000–
19990–
19981#3,884
19974#2,438

How popular is Elvin in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,644th among boys
Babies in 2025
102 about 1 in 17,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 102 boys in the US were named Elvin, making it the 1,644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,563rd. Its busiest year was 1927, with 392 boys.

Half of all the boys named Elvin in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 392 in 19272025
Elvin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025102#1,644
2024118#1,510
2023118#1,501
202298#1,720
202199#1,667
2020105#1,563
2019115#1,485
2018121#1,443
2017105#1,554
2016117#1,467
2015128#1,359
2014132#1,321
2013136#1,277
2012144#1,226
2011143#1,219
2010137#1,267
2009154#1,173
2008185#1,029
2007214#925
2006169#1,058
2005182#958
2004176#953
2003161#982
2002142#1,063
2001137#1,052
2000131#1,078
1999149#964
1998109#1,143
1997110#1,131
199687#1,263
1995110#1,066
1994104#1,100
1993121#980
1992132#920
1991111#1,019
1990122#929
1989116#944
1988122#857
198796#960
1986101#911
1985121#805
1984106#854
1983103#862
1982106#865
1981112#831
1980113#828
1979136#740
1978133#729
1977119#783
1976123#748
1975115#772
197498#813
197396#804
1972120#728
1971126#733
1970131#717
1969139#670
1968107#723
1967127#662
1966122#671
1965122#672
1964155#623
1963160#614
1962145#643
1961191#568
1960176#586
1959192#561
1958204#538
1957182#572
1956188#552
1955170#566
1954179#539
1953183#524
1952178#522
1951172#521
1950182#494
1949174#504
1948188#485
1947216#457
1946202#445
1945176#448
1944202#428
1943219#419
1942219#415
1941198#415
1940200#406
1939231#375
1938208#393
1937231#354
1936230#356
1935241#353
1934266#333
1933247#340
1932255#348
1931301#312
1930341#307
1929299#320
1928323#312
1927392#284
1926352#302
1925348#305
1924323#323
1923304#333
1922346#307
1921346#312
1920331#318
1919316#311
1918316#319
1917291#313
1916265#324
1915301#287
1914192#331
1913129#367
1912128#334
191178#300
191054#337
190955#311
190842#349
190740#341
190633#363
190527#410
190429#379
190322#430
190229#367
190125#371
190024#469
189921#402
189819#473
189718#459
189621#424
189525#383
189418#464
189320#401
189224#384
189114#476
189010#629
188921#388
188815#505
18879#631
188615#470
188512#547
188414#504
188315#460
188215#469
188120#375
188010#600

Names like Elvin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Edwin, Edward, Wilfred, Eddie, Reuben, Alfred, Ellis, Arthur, Leon, Leo, Louie, Teddy

Names related to Elvin

Alvin, Elvina, Olvin

More Old English names

Alfie, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Ozzy, Edie, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund, Kelsey, Ozzie, Harold, Darwin

Every Old English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elvin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elvin, updated 20 October 2026.