Elva

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Elva: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Elva: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #292 in 1973, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#292highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Elva's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
2002	#4137
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#3549
2012	#3285
2013	#2887
2014	#2862
2015	#3252
2016	#2367
2017	#1911
2018	#1711
2019	#1562
2020	#1773
2021	#1569
2022	#2058
2023	#2346
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 48 years from 1969 to 2016.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2367 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1969–2016
Highest recorded position: #292 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1969–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elva appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 123 births with the name.

Elva across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elva's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (1969)	#292 (1973)	#868 (2016)	27 of 48	123 (1969–2016)	11 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#2738 (1997)	#1562 (2019)	#2253 (2024)	20 of 28	197 (1997–2024)	19 (2019)

Elva by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elva in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970sbusiest	56	9 of 10	6
1980s	18	4 of 10	5
2000s	21	6 of 10	4
2010s	25	7 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Elva appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #292 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Elva's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#292	11	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #292, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Elton · #200, 31y
Elvie · #910, 25y
Elvin · #282, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Robel · #293, 34y
Yosef · #293, 38y
Bebhinn · #290, 38y
Ciana · #295, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ailis · #293, 46y
Cathrina · #293, 19y
Laurie · #291, 48y
Winston · #291, 32y

Elva was ranked #292 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Elva and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elva without appearing here.

Elva moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Elva

Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #809.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2738 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Mila Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #1442.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Elva

Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 while Abigail went from #303 to #52.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 while Alexandra went from #303 to #91.
Alice Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 while Alice went from #103 to #34.
Amelia Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 while Amelia went from #322 to #5.

Moved the same way as Elva

Alison Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 and Alison from #71 to #114.
Alma Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 and Alma from #303 to #515.
Amanda Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 and Amanda from #58 to #419.
Andrea Compare
Between 1969 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elva went from #443 to #868 and Andrea from #175 to #288.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #292 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elva

Elva at a glance

What stands out in Elva's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elva across 2 official records

Elva by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elva appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Elva at a glance

What stands out in Elva's record

Elva across 2 official records

Elva by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elva appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Elva

Elva and the names beside it

Elva moved ahead of

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