Elwood
Last seen for girls in 1933 at #3,109 · #1,919 for boys in 2025, 81 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 529 births
- Debut · boys
- 23 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,786since 1880
Elwood over time
Rank among boys' names. Elwood has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #1,919 | 81 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,098 | 71 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,005 | 41 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,919 | 43 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,588 | 50 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,846 | 42 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,426 | 33 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,798 | 43 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,477 | 51 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,429 | 52 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,582 | 29 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,438 | 42 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,390 | 41 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,455 | 37 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,370 | 39 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,262 | 43 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,081 | 57 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #951 | 65 | |
| 1968 | — | #884 | 66 | |
| 1967 | — | #862 | 69 | |
| 1966 | — | #830 | 77 | |
| 1965 | — | #847 | 75 | |
| 1964 | — | #753 | 103 | |
| 1963 | — | #790 | 93 | |
| 1962 | — | #738 | 108 | |
| 1961 | — | #755 | 104 | |
| 1960 | — | #714 | 120 | |
| 1959 | — | #702 | 120 | |
| 1958 | — | #667 | 131 | |
| 1957 | — | #639 | 144 | |
| 1956 | — | #611 | 153 | |
| 1955 | — | #585 | 157 | |
| 1954 | — | #525 | 192 | |
| 1953 | — | #551 | 164 | |
| 1952 | — | #502 | 194 | |
| 1951 | — | #471 | 208 | |
| 1950 | — | #498 | 179 | |
| 1949 | — | #459 | 206 | |
| 1948 | — | #433 | 239 | |
| 1947 | — | #416 | 270 | |
| 1946 | — | #411 | 239 | |
| 1945 | — | #402 | 223 | |
| 1944 | — | #376 | 253 | |
| 1943 | — | #362 | 287 | |
| 1942 | — | #358 | 285 | |
| 1941 | — | #331 | 303 | |
| 1940 | — | #336 | 288 | |
| 1939 | — | #331 | 280 | |
| 1938 | — | #309 | 315 | |
| 1937 | — | #298 | 326 | |
| 1936 | — | #309 | 299 | |
| 1935 | — | #305 | 314 | |
| 1934 | — | #277 | 375 | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #268 | 385 |
| 1932 | — | #281 | 375 | |
| 1931 | — | #269 | 422 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #260 | 462 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #275 | 405 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #258 | 479 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #244 | 534 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #240 | 542 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #229 | 571 |
| 1924 | — | #221 | 606 | |
| 1923 | — | #234 | 566 | |
| 1922 | — | #227 | 592 | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #215 | 613 |
| 1920 | — | #220 | 586 | |
| 1919 | — | #211 | 589 | |
| 1918 | — | #215 | 572 | |
| 1917 | — | #212 | 528 | |
| 1916 | — | #210 | 526 | |
| 1915 | — | #204 | 529 | |
| 1914 | — | #215 | 373 | |
| 1913 | — | #206 | 322 | |
| 1912 | — | #212 | 262 | |
| 1911 | — | #237 | 114 | |
| 1910 | — | #249 | 93 | |
| 1909 | — | #279 | 66 | |
| 1908 | — | #281 | 59 | |
| 1907 | — | #294 | 52 | |
| 1906 | — | #286 | 49 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #264 | 52 | |
| 1903 | — | #239 | 58 | |
| 1902 | — | #337 | 33 | |
| 1901 | — | #249 | 48 | |
| 1900 | — | #290 | 51 | |
| 1899 | — | #300 | 34 | |
| 1898 | — | #324 | 35 | |
| 1897 | — | #249 | 49 | |
| 1896 | — | #315 | 35 | |
| 1895 | — | #269 | 43 | |
| 1894 | — | #306 | 33 | |
| 1893 | — | #323 | 29 | |
| 1892 | — | #289 | 40 | |
| 1891 | — | #277 | 34 | |
| 1890 | — | #358 | 24 | |
| 1889 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1888 | — | #324 | 31 | |
| 1887 | — | #333 | 24 | |
| 1886 | — | #309 | 31 | |
| 1885 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1884 | — | #344 | 26 | |
| 1883 | — | #337 | 24 | |
| 1882 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1881 | — | #296 | 29 | |
| 1880 | — | #356 | 23 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elwood was already there! It came in at #356, and was given to 23 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elwood
- 179 spots since 2024 (#2,098 → #1,919)
- 927 spots since 2020 (#2,846 → #1,919)
- 510 spots since 2015 (#2,429 → #1,919)
- Biggest jump: 98 spots in 1903 (#337 → #239)
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1970 (#951 → #1,117)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #204 (529 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 1,592 boys born in 1913 were named Elwood (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,087 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #204 in 1915, was only 1 in 1,604 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.4% of all boys named Elwood (5,494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 274 | #296 (1881) | #326 |
| 1890s | 356 | #249 (1897) | #301 |
| 1900s | 504 | #239 (1903) | #286 |
| 1910s | 3,908 | #204 (1915) | #217 |
| 1920s | 5,494 | #215 (1921) | #236 |
| 1930s | 3,553 | #260 (1930) | #291 |
| 1940s | 2,593 | #331 (1941) | #388 |
| 1950s | 1,642 | #471 (1951) | #575 |
| 1960s | 880 | #714 (1960) | #812 |
| 1970s | 421 | #1,081 (1971) | #1,394 |
| 1980s | 233 | #1,695 (1980) | #2,416 |
| 1990s | 146 | #3,058 (1990) | #4,415 |
| 2000s | 115 | #5,040 (2000) | #6,657 |
| 2010s | 339 | #2,429 (2015) | #3,553 |
| 2020s | 328 | #1,919 (2025) | #2,563 |
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.
Elwood 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 170,347 of them was named Elwood, which outranked 30.8% 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).
- #3,561Zenia8
- #3,561Zera8
- #3,561Zilphia8
- #3,875Elwood7
- #3,875Adrianne7
- #3,875Agusta7
- #3,875Alan7
- #4,286Aaron6
- #4,286Adalee6
- #4,286Adalene6
Tied with 410 names at #3,875; 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 2,110 of them was named Elwood, which outranked 94.9% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.