Elden
Last seen for girls in 1935 at #4,204 · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 133 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,921since 1884
Elden over time
Rank among boys' names. Elden 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 | — | #3,240 | 36 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,958 | 42 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,919 | 43 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,972 | 41 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,074 | 37 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,496 | 32 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,674 | 46 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,840 | 42 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,689 | 45 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,022 | 38 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,792 | 27 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,633 | 29 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,044 | 25 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,444 | 31 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,456 | 27 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,058 | 19 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,351 | 35 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,294 | 35 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,327 | 35 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,354 | 33 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,230 | 40 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,322 | 36 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,320 | 36 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,004 | 59 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,071 | 51 | |
| 1957 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1956 | — | #969 | 59 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,011 | 55 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,082 | 48 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,091 | 45 | |
| 1952 | — | #932 | 58 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,123 | 41 | |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | — | #946 | 53 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,001 | 49 | |
| 1947 | — | #788 | 76 | |
| 1946 | — | #810 | 66 | |
| 1945 | — | #809 | 59 | |
| 1944 | — | #801 | 61 | |
| 1943 | — | #721 | 80 | |
| 1942 | — | #760 | 71 | |
| 1941 | — | #739 | 70 | |
| 1940 | — | #659 | 84 | |
| 1939 | — | #647 | 84 | |
| 1938 | — | #648 | 85 | |
| 1937 | — | #593 | 95 | |
| 1936 | — | #653 | 80 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #530 | 119 |
| 1934 | — | #496 | 133 | |
| 1933 | — | #642 | 81 | |
| 1932 | — | #600 | 96 | |
| 1931 | — | #550 | 113 | |
| 1930 | — | #584 | 105 | |
| 1929 | — | #524 | 123 | |
| 1928 | — | #606 | 102 | |
| 1927 | — | #548 | 128 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #585 | 113 |
| 1925 | — | #528 | 135 | |
| 1924 | — | #531 | 141 | |
| 1923 | — | #545 | 127 | |
| 1922 | — | #520 | 141 | |
| 1921 | — | #570 | 123 | |
| 1920 | — | #539 | 129 | |
| 1919 | — | #571 | 110 | |
| 1918 | — | #538 | 124 | |
| 1917 | — | #620 | 91 | |
| 1916 | — | #509 | 123 | |
| 1915 | — | #589 | 93 | |
| 1914 | — | #591 | 72 | |
| 1913 | — | #658 | 46 | |
| 1912 | — | #649 | 42 | |
| 1911 | — | #793 | 17 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Elden! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elden is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#117 · 1 in 538
- Maine#137 · 1 in 690
- Oregon#142 · 1 in 818
- Utah#184 · 1 in 922
- Kansas#195 · 1 in 1,432
Best ever in a state: #100 in Idaho, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #117 | 7 | 1 in 538 |
| Maine | #137 | 9 | 1 in 690 |
| Oregon | #142 | 7 | 1 in 818 |
| Utah | #184 | 5 | 1 in 922 |
| Kansas | #195 | 11 | 1 in 1,432 |
| Nebraska | #205 | 8 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Ohio | #263 | 15 | 1 in 3,332 |
| Iowa | #265 | 7 | 1 in 2,991 |
| Indiana | #284 | 7 | 1 in 3,542 |
| Minnesota | #306 | 6 | 1 in 3,737 |
| Missouri | #394 | 6 | 1 in 4,695 |
| Illinois | #410 | 7 | 1 in 7,927 |
| Oklahoma | #422 | 5 | 1 in 4,422 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elden
- 282 spots since 2024 (#2,958 → #3,240)
- 166 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,240)
- 218 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #3,240)
- Biggest jump: 480 spots in 1909 (#1,373 → #893)
- Biggest drop: 709 spots in 1908 (#664 → #1,373)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1934 at #496 (133 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1909–1947
- Highest: 1 in 7,236 boys born in 1916 were named Elden (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #496 in 1934, was only 1 in 7,764 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.3% of all boys named Elden (1,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #673 (1889) | #761 |
| 1890s | 41 | #786 (1899) | #895 |
| 1900s | 74 | #664 (1907) | #961 |
| 1910s | 731 | #509 (1916) | #638 |
| 1920s | 1,262 | #520 (1922) | #550 |
| 1930s | 991 | #496 (1934) | #594 |
| 1940s | 669 | #659 (1940) | #803 |
| 1950s | 525 | #932 (1952) | #1,025 |
| 1960s | 335 | #1,230 (1962) | #1,355 |
| 1970s | 193 | #1,696 (1973) | #2,255 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,569 (1981) | #3,671 |
| 1990s | 151 | #3,338 (1992) | #4,242 |
| 2000s | 211 | #3,241 (2005) | #4,387 |
| 2010s | 358 | #2,674 (2018) | #3,201 |
| 2020s | 234 | #2,919 (2022) | #3,085 |
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.
Elden in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
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1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 7,717 of them was named Elden, which outranked 89.5% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #517Anderson142
- #517Lemuel142
- #517Maxwell142
- #520Elden141
- #520Elwin141
- #520Jewel141
- #520Kelly141
- #526Benedict140
- #526Davis140
- #526Justin140
Tied with 5 names at #520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.