Elwyn
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 47 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,231since 1893
Elwyn over time
Rank among boys' names. Elwyn 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #4,456 | 23 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | — | #1,370 | 31 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,333 | 32 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,166 | 40 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,572 | 22 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1948 | — | #989 | 50 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #923 | 52 |
| 1942 | — | #812 | 63 | |
| 1941 | — | #960 | 44 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1939 | — | #888 | 49 | |
| 1938 | — | #860 | 52 | |
| 1937 | — | #942 | 44 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #822 | 57 | |
| 1934 | — | #733 | 69 | |
| 1933 | — | #677 | 76 | |
| 1932 | — | #739 | 71 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #742 | 69 |
| 1930 | — | #710 | 77 | |
| 1929 | — | #695 | 79 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #752 | 73 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #677 | 90 |
| 1926 | — | #699 | 82 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #659 | 94 |
| 1924 | — | #626 | 104 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #654 | 96 |
| 1922 | — | #692 | 89 | |
| 1921 | — | #682 | 90 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #660 | 93 |
| 1919 | — | #738 | 75 | |
| 1918 | — | #658 | 88 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #723 | 72 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #834 | 56 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #680 | 73 |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #648 | 47 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #592 | 47 |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Elwyn! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Elwyn
- 1,319 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #6,446)
- 4,198 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 446 spots in 1912 (#1,038 → #592)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1905 (#874 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1912 at #592 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1912–1939
- Highest: 1 in 9,148 boys born in 1912 were named Elwyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.5% of all boys named Elwyn (890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | #857 (1899) | #950 |
| 1900s | 56 | #825 (1908) | #955 |
| 1910s | 533 | #592 (1912) | #765 |
| 1920s | 890 | #626 (1924) | #680 |
| 1930s | 617 | #677 (1933) | #795 |
| 1940s | 422 | #812 (1942) | #1,060 |
| 1950s | 270 | #1,150 (1951) | #1,532 |
| 1960s | 113 | #1,669 (1965) | #2,471 |
| 1970s | 71 | #2,946 (1974) | #4,188 |
| 1980s | 30 | #4,509 (1981) | #6,021 |
| 1990s | 22 | #6,816 (1993) | #7,992 |
| 2000s | 37 | #7,692 (2009) | #8,655 |
| 2010s | 72 | #6,060 (2017) | #8,044 |
| 2020s | 67 | #4,456 (2023) | #6,904 |
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.
Elwyn in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 208,867 of them was named Elwyn, which outranked 14.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 744 names at #4,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 15,894 of them was named Elwyn, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).