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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 89,441 of them was named Eldred, which outranked 49.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,384Wladyslawa12
- #2,384Wretha12
- #2,384Wynema12
- #2,526Eldred11
- #2,526Abby11
- #2,526Adina11
- #2,526Adrian11
- #2,688Adra10
- #2,688Agda10
- #2,688Aiko10
Tied with 161 names at #2,526; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 8,319 of them was named Eldred, which outranked 87.3% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).