Ellwood

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714

Peak · boys
1901 · 12 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,979
since 1882

Ellwood over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ellwood has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #596, 1901boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021#9,7147
2020—
2019—
2018#12,1565
2017#12,2465
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1990#8,1175
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1974#4,1907
1973—
1972#4,9865
1971—
1970#4,7245
1969#3,9356
1968—
1967#3,5596
1966#3,5376
1965—
1964#2,8549
1963#3,3187
1962#2,8489
1961—
1960#2,68510
1959—
1958#1,89618
1957#2,19014
1956#2,26313
1955#2,43511
1954#2,04415
1953#2,09914
1952#1,85617
1951#1,83817
1950#2,01914
1949#1,94115
1948#1,51923
1947#1,48225
1946#1,19634
1945#1,92613
1944#1,05539
1943#1,76417
1942#1,24431
1941#1,99713
1940#1,47121
1939#1,39023
1938#1,47621
1937#1,26528
1936#1,46321
1935#1,39024
1934#1,26628
1933#1,15932
1932#1,09038
1931#1,33327
1930#1,11639
1929#96049
1928#1,05743
1927#84963
1926#87259
1925#93352
1924#75977
1923#82167
1922#89160
1921#88462
1920#72480
1919#79067
1918#69282
1917#74969
1916#69573
1915#82355
1914#83641
1913#81834
1912#73534
1911#89614
1910#85913
1909#1,1557
1908#74413
1907#73513
1906#75211
1905—
1904#76010
1903#9107
1902—
1901#59612
1900#1,3105
1899—
1898#66311
1897#68110
1896#9007
1895#7389
1894—
1893—
1892#1,0665
1891—
1890#9945
1889—
1888#1,0315
1887#8196
1886—
1885—
1884#7647
1883—
1882#9435
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Ellwood! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ellwood is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ellwood
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 714 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #596)
  • Biggest drop: 411 spots in 1909 (#744 → #1,155)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1901 at #596 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1910–1927
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,872
  • Highest: 1 in 8,872 boys born in 1901 were named Ellwood (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 249,926 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Ellwood (612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#764 (1884)#889
1890s47#663 (1898)#840
1900s78#596 (1901)#870
1910s482#692 (1918)#789
1920s612#724 (1920)#875
1930s281#1,090 (1932)#1,295
1940s231#1,055 (1944)#1,560
1950s133#1,838 (1951)#2,071
1960s53#2,685 (1960)#3,248
1970s17#4,190 (1974)#4,633
1980s0——
1990s5#8,117 (1990)#8,117
2000s0——
2010s10#12,156 (2018)#12,201
2020s7#9,714 (2021)#9,714

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.

Ellwood in 1906

boys
#752
11 births · 1 in 12,105 boys

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #752Ellwood11
More about 1906

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 12,105 of them was named Ellwood, which outranked 46.8% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ellwood
  1. #709Simeon12
  2. #709Thelma12
  3. #709Williams12
  4. #752Ellwood11
  5. #752Abel11
  6. #752Almer11
  7. #752Angus11
  8. #798Arne10
  9. #798Audrey10
  10. #798Bartholomew10

Tied with 45 names at #752; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 665Sheldon#1,233 → #568
  2. ↑ 568Rudy#1,091 → #523
  3. ↑ 530Mac#1,002 → #472
  4. ↑ 524Llewellyn#1,233 → #709
  5. ↑ 524Casey#1,233 → #709
Fallers
  1. ↓ 661Price#592 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 617Foy#636 → #1,253
  3. ↓ 587Benton#666 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 554Cruz#699 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 554Larkin#699 → #1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →