Elder
Last seen for girls in 1942 at #4,622 · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,268since 1880
Elder over time
Rank among boys' names. Elder has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,718 | 47 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,393 | 58 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,693 | 48 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,003 | 41 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,819 | 44 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,497 | 31 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,582 | 50 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,755 | 44 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,935 | 40 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,431 | 32 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,582 | 29 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,807 | 27 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,164 | 35 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,894 | 41 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,583 | 48 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,304 | 56 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,701 | 40 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,843 | 36 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,579 | 39 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,249 | 46 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,805 | 32 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,665 | 32 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,394 | 36 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,160 | 23 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,751 | 17 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,872 | 14 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,211 | 33 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elder was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elder
- 325 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,718)
- 779 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #2,718)
- 713 spots since 2015 (#3,431 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #966)
- Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,537)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #548 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1898–1901
- Highest: 1 in 8,170 boys born in 1899 were named Elder (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.6% of all boys named Elder (422) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #682 (1880) | #816 |
| 1890s | 48 | #548 (1899) | #841 |
| 1900s | 49 | #785 (1900) | #989 |
| 1910s | 191 | #981 (1910) | #1,388 |
| 1920s | 213 | #1,353 (1926) | #1,724 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,538 (1931) | #2,216 |
| 1940s | 94 | #1,894 (1940) | #2,528 |
| 1950s | 59 | #2,321 (1950) | #3,167 |
| 1960s | 30 | #3,337 (1960) | #3,717 |
| 1970s | 49 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,824 |
| 1980s | 70 | #3,131 (1986) | #4,696 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,394 (1998) | #3,117 |
| 2000s | 422 | #2,248 (2006) | #2,635 |
| 2010s | 373 | #2,582 (2019) | #3,140 |
| 2020s | 269 | #2,393 (2024) | #2,854 |
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.
Elder in 1889
Top boys' names in 1889
More about 1889
boys
110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 18,430 of them was named Elder, which outranked 21.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).