Meaning and history
Elmira is a feminine name of uncertain and probably multiple origin. It may be related to the literary name Almira, influenced by Arabic amīra, “princess,” or to European names beginning with El-. The New York city of Elmira helped familiarize the spelling, but its place-name origin is also disputed. Notable bearers include Azerbaijani public official Elmira Süleymanova and Russian operatic soprano Elmira Abdrazakova. One universal ancient translation should not be assumed.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 8 births, rank #12,676
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
2010: 8 births, rank #12,276
20112011: 8 births, rank #12,153
2012: 7 births, rank #13,483
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: 10 births, rank #10,129
2015: 14 births, rank #8,008
20162016: 5 births, rank #16,215
2017: 12 births, rank #8,776
2018: 12 births, rank #8,617
2019: 7 births, rank #12,448
2020: 8 births, rank #11,090
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 13 births, rank #8,032
2023: 10 births, rank #9,616
2024: 14 births, rank #7,594
20252025: 11 births, rank #8,860
Elmira rose from #949 to #942 for girls between 1935 and 1937. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 122 births.