Elvira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,710 for girls
Elvira is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “joyful sincerity”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,710th for girls in the US (119 babies).
What does Elvira mean?
Spanish
“joyful sincerity”
A female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Elvira a girl's or a boy's name?
Elvira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 119 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elvira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Elvira, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Elvira than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Elvira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Elvira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Elvira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,710among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 119about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 119 girls in the US were named Elvira, making it the 1,710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 592 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Elvira than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Elvira in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elvira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,710 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,248 |
| 2023 | 78 | #2,336 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,579 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 66 | #2,462 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,966 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,797 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,618 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,680 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,720 |
| 1995 | 85 | #1,711 |
| 1994 | 92 | #1,629 |
| 1993 | 98 | #1,567 |
| 1992 | 106 | #1,483 |
| 1991 | 123 | #1,331 |
| 1990 | 159 | #1,097 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,458 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,353 |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,445 |
| 1986 | 102 | #1,304 |
| 1985 | 112 | #1,226 |
| 1984 | 115 | #1,168 |
| 1983 | 120 | #1,120 |
| 1982 | 140 | #1,040 |
| 1981 | 162 | #927 |
| 1980 | 126 | #1,097 |
| 1979 | 134 | #1,036 |
| 1978 | 141 | #981 |
| 1977 | 118 | #1,097 |
| 1976 | 147 | #897 |
| 1975 | 140 | #923 |
| 1974 | 159 | #831 |
| 1973 | 135 | #911 |
| 1972 | 120 | #993 |
| 1971 | 149 | #889 |
| 1970 | 152 | #877 |
| 1969 | 163 | #807 |
| 1968 | 150 | #831 |
| 1967 | 148 | #820 |
| 1966 | 165 | #763 |
| 1965 | 170 | #759 |
| 1964 | 165 | #815 |
| 1963 | 187 | #753 |
| 1962 | 186 | #763 |
| 1961 | 202 | #734 |
| 1960 | 189 | #740 |
| 1959 | 191 | #731 |
| 1958 | 213 | #678 |
| 1957 | 194 | #714 |
| 1956 | 219 | #641 |
| 1955 | 233 | #603 |
| 1954 | 251 | #559 |
| 1953 | 237 | #570 |
| 1952 | 239 | #561 |
| 1951 | 205 | #597 |
| 1950 | 230 | #542 |
| 1949 | 237 | #540 |
| 1948 | 253 | #516 |
| 1947 | 253 | #525 |
| 1946 | 242 | #501 |
| 1945 | 221 | #485 |
| 1944 | 222 | #480 |
| 1943 | 244 | #470 |
| 1942 | 229 | #491 |
| 1941 | 231 | #456 |
| 1940 | 239 | #440 |
| 1939 | 238 | #436 |
| 1938 | 274 | #403 |
| 1937 | 237 | #420 |
| 1936 | 282 | #379 |
| 1935 | 294 | #370 |
| 1934 | 310 | #358 |
| 1933 | 307 | #359 |
| 1932 | 409 | #316 |
| 1931 | 379 | #328 |
| 1930 | 480 | #304 |
| 1929 | 514 | #285 |
| 1928 | 481 | #303 |
| 1927 | 524 | #293 |
| 1926 | 532 | #290 |
| 1925 | 526 | #294 |
| 1924 | 579 | #272 |
| 1923 | 553 | #274 |
| 1922 | 574 | #271 |
| 1921 | 569 | #278 |
| 1920 | 592 | #268 |
| 1919 | 553 | #270 |
| 1918 | 575 | #263 |
| 1917 | 589 | #255 |
| 1916 | 567 | #256 |
| 1915 | 465 | #274 |
| 1914 | 405 | #254 |
| 1913 | 327 | #256 |
| 1912 | 305 | #256 |
| 1911 | 230 | #255 |
| 1910 | 213 | #263 |
| 1909 | 196 | #256 |
| 1908 | 179 | #266 |
| 1907 | 154 | #282 |
| 1906 | 123 | #301 |
| 1905 | 138 | #282 |
| 1904 | 116 | #299 |
| 1903 | 110 | #297 |
| 1902 | 137 | #266 |
| 1901 | 105 | #297 |
| 1900 | 135 | #279 |
| 1899 | 104 | #286 |
| 1898 | 113 | #289 |
| 1897 | 103 | #278 |
| 1896 | 114 | #267 |
| 1895 | 94 | #294 |
| 1894 | 84 | #299 |
| 1893 | 74 | #313 |
| 1892 | 81 | #303 |
| 1891 | 53 | #344 |
| 1890 | 64 | #315 |
| 1889 | 60 | #315 |
| 1888 | 59 | #311 |
| 1887 | 51 | #297 |
| 1886 | 59 | #270 |
| 1885 | 53 | #272 |
| 1884 | 39 | #315 |
| 1883 | 26 | #354 |
| 1882 | 31 | #317 |
| 1881 | 38 | #262 |
| 1880 | 30 | #282 |
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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, “Elvira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elvira, updated 20 October 2026.