Eldred
Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
Given to boys 92.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 120 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,746since 1882
Eldred over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,090 | 49 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,280 | 34 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,297 | 33 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,007 | 44 | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #888 | 51 |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #784 | 60 |
| 1938 | — | #897 | 49 | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #835 | 53 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | — | #834 | 56 | |
| 1934 | — | #828 | 57 | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #812 | 58 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #746 | 70 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #667 | 80 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #692 | 81 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #649 | 90 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #642 | 94 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #649 | 95 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #654 | 93 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #621 | 102 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #635 | 102 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #575 | 118 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | #665 | 94 |
| 1921 | #1,126 | 46 | #572 | 122 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #574 | 118 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #633 | 92 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #620 | 98 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #527 | 120 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #636 | 84 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #558 | 102 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #546 | 81 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #550 | 62 |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #729 | 17 |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Eldred! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Eldred
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 475 spots in 1902 (#1,058 → #583)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1936 (#834 → #1,142)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1917 at #527 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1907–1935
- Highest: 1 in 7,712 boys born in 1917 were named Eldred (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 27.4% of all boys named Eldred (1,028) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #720 (1883) | #847 |
| 1890s | 38 | #744 (1898) | #852 |
| 1900s | 72 | #583 (1902) | #834 |
| 1910s | 722 | #527 (1917) | #609 |
| 1920s | 1,028 | #572 (1921) | #624 |
| 1930s | 597 | #667 (1931) | #824 |
| 1940s | 342 | #888 (1941) | #1,196 |
| 1950s | 331 | #1,090 (1957) | #1,332 |
| 1960s | 250 | #1,388 (1967) | #1,603 |
| 1970s | 151 | #1,546 (1970) | #2,902 |
| 1980s | 105 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,130 |
| 1990s | 62 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,890 |
| 2000s | 24 | #6,839 (2000) | #8,027 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,770 (2012) | #10,770 |
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.
Eldred 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 Eldred, 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).