Elsworth

Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238

Peak · boys
1887 · 8 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
829
since 1881

Elsworth over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elsworth has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #679, 1887boys
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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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1983#6,2385
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1975#5,4645
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1967#3,5596
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1964#4,0395
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1961#4,0655
1960#3,6656
1959#2,8219
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1957#3,5526
1956#3,2167
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1953#2,28712
1952#3,3736
1951#2,8448
1950#3,6815
1949#3,0197
1948#3,0107
1947#2,6719
1946#3,1736
1945#2,7437
1944#2,4679
1943#3,5385
1942#2,26811
1941#2,8727
1940#2,6718
1939#2,15911
1938#1,81815
1937#2,6808
1936#2,6298
1935#2,12712
1934#2,7428
1933#1,90514
1932#1,71618
1931#1,92715
1930#1,75318
1929#1,48024
1928#1,96016
1927#1,35030
1926#1,66121
1925#1,49325
1924#1,89418
1923#1,35829
1922#1,24234
1921#1,22635
1920#1,23434
1919#1,26431
1918#1,34328
1917#1,03340
1916#1,15732
1915#1,26527
1914#1,60815
1913#1,25617
1912#1,52711
1911#1,03811
1910#1,1938
1909#1,2776
1908#1,2176
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1906#1,2535
1905#1,2335
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1900#1,1626
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1887#6798
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1883#7996
1882#8376
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Elsworth! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Elsworth
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
  • Biggest jump: 38 spots in 1883 (#837#799)
  • Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1882 (#706#837)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1887 at #679 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1881–1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,676
  • Highest: 1 in 12,676 boys born in 1887 were named Elsworth (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 32.1% of all boys named Elsworth (266) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#679 (1887)#755
1890s0
1900s28#1,162 (1900)#1,228
1910s220#1,033 (1917)#1,268
1920s266#1,226 (1921)#1,490
1930s127#1,716 (1932)#2,146
1940s76#2,268 (1942)#2,843
1950s53#2,287 (1953)#3,111
1960s22#3,559 (1967)#3,832
1970s5#5,464 (1975)#5,464
1980s5#6,238 (1983)#6,238

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.

Elsworth in 1883

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#799
6 births · 1 in 17,438 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #799Elsworth6
More about 1883

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104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 17,438 of them was named Elsworth, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elsworth
  1. #720Wendell7
  2. #720Wess7
  3. #720Woody7
  4. #799Elsworth6
  5. #799Ace6
  6. #799Adolf6
  7. #799Algie6
  8. #892Albertus5
  9. #892Alcide5
  10. #892Alec5

Tied with 92 names at #799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

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

See the top 100 for 1883