Girl
Elvira
Rooted in Spanish, Elvira is a girl's name that means "Spanish/Germanic". It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
SpanishSpanish/Germanic
EtymologyPossibly "elf counsel" or "true, noble"
Births by decade
1900s
1,393
1910s
4,229
1920s
5,455
1930s
3,234
1940s
2,380
1950s
2,213
1960s
1,723
1970s
1,392
1980s
1,171
1990s
1,020
2000s
724
2010s
421
Peaked in the 1920s · 25,355 total U.S. births since 1900