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How popular is the name Elva?

Births per year, rank history and how many Elvas are alive today.

Elva (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1639th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. The name peaked in 2019, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1562nd most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Elva you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Elvas born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 260 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Elva - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a Elva.

How many babies are named Elva each year?

05101520200020201997: 52002: 32006: 42007: 42009: 62010: 62011: 62012: 72013: 82014: 82015: 72016: 112017: 152018: 172019: 192020: 162021: 192022: 132023: 112024: 122025: 18actual

Where does Elva rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,7382002: ranked 4,1372006: ranked 4,1572007: ranked 4,2942009: ranked 3,4222010: ranked 3,5332011: ranked 3,5492012: ranked 3,2852013: ranked 2,8872014: ranked 2,8622015: ranked 3,2522016: ranked 2,3672017: ranked 1,9112018: ranked 1,7112019: ranked 1,5622020: ranked 1,7732021: ranked 1,5692022: ranked 2,0582023: ranked 2,3462024: ranked 2,2542025: ranked 1,639

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Elva per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 19 in 2019
Elva: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Elva most popular?

Elva peaked in 2019, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Elva?

At least 260 people named Elva born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Elva?

Most living Elvas are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 6.

Is Elva becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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