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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 198,739 of them was named Eldred, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,875Zaida7
- #3,875Zeda7
- #3,875Zoila7
- #4,286Eldred6
- #4,286Aaron6
- #4,286Adalee6
- #4,286Adalene6
- #4,805Abelina5
- #4,805Adaleen5
- #4,805Adamae5
Tied with 518 names at #4,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 11,862 of them was named Eldred, which outranked 86.5% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).