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
1934 · 133 births
Debut · boys
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #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
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880
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 1947

boys
#788
76 births · 1 in 24,074 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #788Elden76
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 24,074 of them was named Elden, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elden
  1. #784Stevan77
  2. #784Walton77
  3. #784Waymon77
  4. #788Elden76
  5. #788Cyrus76
  6. #788Darold76
  7. #788Donnell76
  8. #794Alvis75
  9. #794Eldridge75
  10. #794Fidel75

Tied with 5 names at #788; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947