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

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Peak · boys
1934 · 133 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,921
since 1884

Elden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elden has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #496, 1934boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,24036
2024—#2,95842
2023—#3,34735
2022—#2,91943
2021—#2,97241
2020—#3,07437
2019—#3,49632
2018—#2,67446
2017—#2,84042
2016—#2,68945
2015—#3,02238
2014—#3,09036
2013—#3,40531
2012—#3,37132
2011—#3,79227
2010—#3,63329
2009—#5,10218
2008—#4,04425
2007—#3,44431
2006—#4,22322
2005—#3,24131
2004—#3,45627
2003—#5,03515
2002—#5,39513
2001—#5,14214
2000—#4,78515
1999—#6,04210
1998—#4,65014
1997—#3,45520
1996—#4,18515
1995—#5,12411
1994—#3,59618
1993—#3,66117
1992—#3,33819
1991—#4,76011
1990—#3,60716
1989—#6,2297
1988—#4,16211
1987—#3,33914
1986—#2,60120
1985—#3,21614
1984—#4,9737
1983—#3,41112
1982—#3,10814
1981—#2,56918
1980—#3,09814
1979—#2,89715
1978—#2,27920
1977—#2,45818
1976—#2,41718
1975—#2,45017
1974—#2,27718
1973—#1,69627
1972—#1,96621
1971—#2,05220
1970—#2,05819
1969—#1,35135
1968—#1,47828
1967—#1,44928
1966—#1,42829
1965—#1,29435
1964—#1,32735
1963—#1,35433
1962—#1,23040
1961—#1,32236
1960—#1,32036
1959—#1,00459
1958—#1,07151
1957—#98160
1956—#96959
1955—#1,01155
1954—#1,08248
1953—#1,09145
1952—#93258
1951—#1,12341
1950—#98949
1949—#94653
1948—#1,00149
1947—#78876
1946—#81066
1945—#80959
1944—#80161
1943—#72180
1942—#76071
1941—#73970
1940—#65984
1939—#64784
1938—#64885
1937—#59395
1936—#65380
1935#4,2045#530119
1934—#496133
1933—#64281
1932—#60096
1931—#550113
1930—#584105
1929—#524123
1928—#606102
1927—#548128
1926#4,3066#585113
1925—#528135
1924—#531141
1923—#545127
1922—#520141
1921—#570123
1920—#539129
1919—#571110
1918—#538124
1917—#62091
1916—#509123
1915—#58993
1914—#59172
1913—#65846
1912—#64942
1911—#79317
1910—#85913
1909—#89311
1908—#1,3735
1907—#66415
1906—#1,1116
1905—#1,0027
1904—#8748
1903—#9107
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1900—#9688
1899—#7868
1898—#8048
1897—#8527
1896—#9007
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First appearance
1884

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 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedWAIdaho: #135 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 608 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #230 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,008 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedWIMichigan: #270 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,243 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedRIOregon: #173 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,201 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedIAIndiana: #351 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,376 boysINOhio: #375 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,749 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedCAUtah: #187 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 995 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedCONebraska: #175 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,224 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedNMKansas: #238 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,037 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #308 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,534 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedHITexas: #915 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,222 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Elden, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#135 · 1 in 608
  2. Oregon#173 · 1 in 1,201
  3. Nebraska#175 · 1 in 1,224
  4. Utah#187 · 1 in 995
  5. Minnesota#230 · 1 in 2,008

Best ever in a state: #100 in Idaho, 1930.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#13561 in 608
Oregon#17351 in 1,201
Nebraska#175101 in 1,224
Utah#18751 in 995
Minnesota#230111 in 2,008
Kansas#23881 in 2,037
Michigan#270121 in 3,243
Oklahoma#30891 in 2,534
Indiana#35151 in 5,376
Ohio#37581 in 6,749
Texas#91551 in 11,222
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1934 at #496 (133 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1909–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,236
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.3% of all boys named Elden (1,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#673 (1889)#761
1890s41#786 (1899)#895
1900s74#664 (1907)#961
1910s731#509 (1916)#638
1920s1,262#520 (1922)#550
1930s991#496 (1934)#594
1940s669#659 (1940)#803
1950s525#932 (1952)#1,025
1960s335#1,230 (1962)#1,355
1970s193#1,696 (1973)#2,255
1980s131#2,569 (1981)#3,671
1990s151#3,338 (1992)#4,242
2000s211#3,241 (2005)#4,387
2010s358#2,674 (2018)#3,201
2020s234#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 1924

boys
#531
141 births · 1 in 8,034 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #531Elden141
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 8,034 of them was named Elden, which outranked 89.3% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elden
  1. #527Tomas143
  2. #529Granville142
  3. #529Marcel142
  4. #531Elden141
  5. #532Dalton140
  6. #532Roderick140
  7. #532Terry140
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →