Ellwood
Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,979since 1882
Ellwood over time
Rank among boys' names. Ellwood 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,055 | 39 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,390 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #1,390 | 24 |
| 1934 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,159 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #1,333 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,116 | 39 |
| 1929 | #960 | 49 |
| 1928 | #1,057 | 43 |
| 1927 | #849 | 63 |
| 1926 | #872 | 59 |
| 1925 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #759 | 77 |
| 1923 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | #891 | 60 |
| 1921 | #884 | 62 |
| 1920 | #724 | 80 |
| 1919 | #790 | 67 |
| 1918 | #692 | 82 |
| 1917 | #749 | 69 |
| 1916 | #695 | 73 |
| 1915 | #823 | 55 |
| 1914 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #818 | 34 |
| 1912 | #735 | 34 |
| 1911 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
See more about Ellwood
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1901 at #596 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1910–1927
- 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%)
- 30.9% of all boys named Ellwood (612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #764 (1884) | #889 |
| 1890s | 47 | #663 (1898) | #840 |
| 1900s | 78 | #596 (1901) | #870 |
| 1910s | 482 | #692 (1918) | #789 |
| 1920s | 612 | #724 (1920) | #875 |
| 1930s | 281 | #1,090 (1932) | #1,295 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,055 (1944) | #1,560 |
| 1950s | 133 | #1,838 (1951) | #2,071 |
| 1960s | 53 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,248 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,190 (1974) | #4,633 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,117 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,156 (2018) | #12,201 |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 18,822 of them was named Ellwood, which outranked 82.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #855Marlyn60
- #855Milburn60
- #855Mitchel60
- #872Ellwood59
- #872Addison59
- #872Margarito59
- #875Andre58
- #875Artis58
- #875Berry58
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.