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Elvin

boy name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
2
Peak era
1900s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Alvin, noble friend

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Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1900s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Elvin peaked in the 1900s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

195 people · the #25,877 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 30

1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Elvin living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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