Boy
Elvin
As a boy's name, Elvin traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Germanic, elf friend". It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. 1927 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EtymologyVariant of Alvin
GermanicGermanic – "elf friend"
Births by decade
1900s
326
1910s
2,141
1920s
3,450
1930s
2,585
1940s
2,029
1950s
1,830
1960s
1,445
1970s
1,203
1980s
1,096
1990s
1,155
2000s
1,648
2010s
1,039
Peaked in the 1920s · 19,947 total U.S. births since 1900