Elden

Last seen for girls in 1935 at #4,204 · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#496
1934 · 133 births
Debut · boys
1884
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,921
since 1884

Elden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elden has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #496, 1934boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,24036
2024—#2,95842
2023—#3,34735
2022—#2,91943
2021—#2,97241
2020—#3,07437
2019—#3,49632
2018—#2,67446
2017—#2,84042
2016—#2,68945
2015—#3,02238
2014—#3,09036
2013—#3,40531
2012—#3,37132
2011—#3,79227
2010—#3,63329
2009—#5,10218
2008—#4,04425
2007—#3,44431
2006—#4,22322
2005—#3,24131
2004—#3,45627
2003—#5,03515
2002—#5,39513
2001—#5,14214
2000—#4,78515
1999—#6,04210
1998—#4,65014
1997—#3,45520
1996—#4,18515
1995—#5,12411
1994—#3,59618
1993—#3,66117
1992—#3,33819
1991—#4,76011
1990—#3,60716
1989—#6,2297
1988—#4,16211
1987—#3,33914
1986—#2,60120
1985—#3,21614
1984—#4,9737
1983—#3,41112
1982—#3,10814
1981—#2,56918
1980—#3,09814
1979—#2,89715
1978—#2,27920
1977—#2,45818
1976—#2,41718
1975—#2,45017
1974—#2,27718
1973—#1,69627
1972—#1,96621
1971—#2,05220
1970—#2,05819
1969—#1,35135
1968—#1,47828
1967—#1,44928
1966—#1,42829
1965—#1,29435
1964—#1,32735
1963—#1,35433
1962—#1,23040
1961—#1,32236
1960—#1,32036
1959—#1,00459
1958—#1,07151
1957—#98160
1956—#96959
1955—#1,01155
1954—#1,08248
1953—#1,09145
1952—#93258
1951—#1,12341
1950—#98949
1949—#94653
1948—#1,00149
1947—#78876
1946—#81066
1945—#80959
1944—#80161
1943—#72180
1942—#76071
1941—#73970
1940—#65984
1939—#64784
1938—#64885
1937—#59395
1936—#65380
1935#4,2045#530119
1934—#496133
1933—#64281
1932—#60096
1931—#550113
1930—#584105
1929—#524123
1928—#606102
1927—#548128
1926#4,3066#585113
1925—#528135
1924—#531141
1923—#545127
1922—#520141
1921—#570123
1920—#539129
1919—#571110
1918—#538124
1917—#62091
1916—#509123
1915—#58993
1914—#59172
1913—#65846
1912—#64942
1911—#79317
1910—#85913
1909—#89311
1908—#1,3735
1907—#66415
1906—#1,1116
1905—#1,0027
1904—#8748
1903—#9107
1902——
1901—#8587
1900—#9688
1899—#7868
1898—#8048
1897—#8527
1896—#9007
1895——
1894—#1,0745
1893——
1892—#9566
1891——
1890——
1889—#6739
1888——
1887——
1886——
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1884—#8486
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Elden! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Elden
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 282 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #3,240)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,240)
  • 218 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #3,240)
  • Biggest jump: 480 spots in 1909 (#1,373 → #893)
  • Biggest drop: 709 spots in 1908 (#664 → #1,373)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1934 at #496 (133 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1909–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,236
  • Highest: 1 in 7,236 boys born in 1916 were named Elden (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #496 in 1934, was only 1 in 7,764 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.3% of all boys named Elden (1,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#673 (1889)#761
1890s41#786 (1899)#895
1900s74#664 (1907)#961
1910s731#509 (1916)#638
1920s1,262#520 (1922)#550
1930s991#496 (1934)#594
1940s669#659 (1940)#803
1950s525#932 (1952)#1,025
1960s335#1,230 (1962)#1,355
1970s193#1,696 (1973)#2,255
1980s131#2,569 (1981)#3,671
1990s151#3,338 (1992)#4,242
2000s211#3,241 (2005)#4,387
2010s358#2,674 (2018)#3,201
2020s234#2,919 (2022)#3,085

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elden in 1935

girls
#4,204
5 births · 1 in 209,715 girls
boys
#530
119 births · 1 in 8,751 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #4,204Elden5

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #530Elden119
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 209,715 of them was named Elden, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elden
  1. #3,742Zela6
  2. #3,742Zeola6
  3. #3,742Zera6
  4. #4,204Elden5
  5. #4,204Aaron5
  6. #4,204Abelina5
  7. #4,204Adean5

Tied with 689 names at #4,204; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 8,751 of them was named Elden, which outranked 87.2% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elden
  1. #525Shelby121
  2. #528Dana120
  3. #528Wilton120
  4. #530Elden119
  5. #531Arden118
  6. #531Delano118
  7. #531Rogers118
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935 →