Elwin
Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,851 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 109 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,176since 1882
Elwin over time
Rank among boys' names. Elwin has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,758 | 20 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,548 | 26 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,214 | 41 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,106 | 47 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,105 | 45 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #926 | 60 | |
| 1952 | — | #953 | 56 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,070 | 45 | |
| 1950 | — | #850 | 64 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | — | #879 | 60 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,014 | 50 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,003 | 46 | |
| 1945 | — | #743 | 68 | |
| 1944 | — | #853 | 55 | |
| 1943 | — | #781 | 70 | |
| 1942 | — | #755 | 72 | |
| 1941 | — | #751 | 68 | |
| 1940 | — | #770 | 64 | |
| 1939 | — | #784 | 60 | |
| 1938 | — | #652 | 84 | |
| 1937 | — | #729 | 69 | |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #670 | 79 | |
| 1934 | — | #655 | 85 | |
| 1933 | — | #694 | 74 | |
| 1932 | — | #583 | 103 | |
| 1931 | — | #572 | 106 | |
| 1930 | — | #662 | 88 | |
| 1929 | — | #571 | 109 | |
| 1928 | — | #562 | 118 | |
| 1927 | — | #564 | 119 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #502 | 145 |
| 1925 | — | #539 | 129 | |
| 1924 | — | #545 | 135 | |
| 1923 | — | #502 | 147 | |
| 1922 | — | #520 | 141 | |
| 1921 | — | #515 | 144 | |
| 1920 | — | #539 | 129 | |
| 1919 | — | #587 | 104 | |
| 1918 | — | #568 | 114 | |
| 1917 | — | #532 | 119 | |
| 1916 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1915 | — | #497 | 124 | |
| 1914 | — | #462 | 109 | |
| 1913 | — | #552 | 61 | |
| 1912 | — | #521 | 57 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #541 | 22 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Elwin! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elwin
- 1,612 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #4,857)
- 1,123 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 397 spots in 1891 (#994 → #597)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1890 (#628 → #994)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1914 at #462 (109 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1897–1945
- Highest: 1 in 6,007 boys born in 1914 were named Elwin (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.4% of all boys named Elwin (1,316) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #628 (1889) | #806 |
| 1890s | 65 | #597 (1891) | #796 |
| 1900s | 107 | #541 (1908) | #814 |
| 1910s | 830 | #462 (1914) | #566 |
| 1920s | 1,316 | #502 (1923) | #536 |
| 1930s | 820 | #572 (1931) | #670 |
| 1940s | 603 | #743 (1945) | #853 |
| 1950s | 483 | #850 (1950) | #1,092 |
| 1960s | 224 | #1,262 (1961) | #1,812 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,129 (1974) | #3,013 |
| 1980s | 113 | #2,891 (1986) | #3,924 |
| 1990s | 128 | #3,325 (1991) | #4,729 |
| 2000s | 123 | #4,824 (2005) | #6,261 |
| 2010s | 108 | #5,555 (2019) | #7,072 |
| 2020s | 88 | #4,857 (2025) | #6,085 |
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.
Elwin in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237,080 of them was named Elwin, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 771 names at #4,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 7,659 of them was named Elwin, which outranked 89.6% 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).
- #499Arturo146
- #499Blaine146
- #499Hector146
- #502Elwin145
- #502Dalton145
- #502Raymon145
- #502Verne145
- #506Lincoln144
- #506Newton144
- #506Reed144
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.