Elder

Last seen for girls in 1942 at #4,622
#2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time

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Peak · boys: #548
1899 · 13 births
Debut · boys: 1880
8 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 2,268
since 1880

Elder over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elder 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.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	—		#2,718	47
2024	—		#2,393	58
2023	—		#2,693	48
2022	—		#3,003	41
2021	—		#2,819	44
2020	—		#3,497	31
2019	—		#2,582	50
2018	—		#3,607	30
2017	—		#2,755	44
2016	—		#2,935	40
2015	—		#3,431	32
2014	—		#2,661	45
2013	—		#3,582	29
2012	—		#3,807	27
2011	—		#3,164	35
2010	—		#2,874	41
2009	—		#2,894	41
2008	—		#2,583	48
2007	—		#2,304	56
2006	—		#2,248	56
2005	—		#2,701	40
2004	—		#2,843	36
2003	—		#2,579	39
2002	—		#2,249	46
2001	—		#3,143	28
2000	—		#2,805	32
1999	—		#2,665	32
1998	—		#2,394	36
1997	—		#3,160	23
1996	—		#3,202	22
1995	—		#3,100	22
1994	—		#3,751	17
1993	—		#3,368	19
1992	—		#2,834	24
1991	—		#4,005	14
1990	—		#2,695	24
1989	—		#4,527	11
1988	—		#5,751	7
1987	—		—
1986	—		#3,131	15
1985	—		#5,147	7
1984	—		#4,973	7
1983	—		#4,141	9
1982	—		—
1981	—		#4,961	7
1980	—		#4,940	7
1979	—		#4,842	7
1978	—		#5,772	5
1977	—		#5,845	5
1976	—		#5,587	5
1975	—		—
1974	—		—
1973	—		#4,505	6
1972	—		#4,441	6
1971	—		#3,370	9
1970	—		#4,230	6
1969	—		#3,595	7
1968	—		—
1967	—		#3,966	5
1966	—		—
1965	—		—
1964	—		#4,039	5
1963	—		#3,646	6
1962	—		—
1961	—		—
1960	—		#3,337	7
1959	—		#3,619	6
1958	—		—
1957	—		#3,993	5
1956	—		#2,798	9
1955	—		#3,201	7
1954	—		#2,942	8
1953	—		—
1952	—		#3,095	7
1951	—		#3,364	6
1950	—		#2,321	11
1949	—		#2,337	11
1948	—		#2,608	9
1947	—		#2,498	10
1946	—		#3,173	6
1945	—		#2,242	10
1944	—		#2,309	10
1943	—		#2,964	7
1942	#4,622	5	#2,386	10
1941	—		#2,872	7
1940	—		#1,894	14
1939	—		#2,159	11
1938	—		#3,175	6
1937	—		#2,197	11
1936	—		#1,872	14
1935	—		#2,246	11
1934	—		#1,932	14
1933	—		#1,829	15
1932	#4,411	5	#2,191	12
1931	—		#1,538	21
1930	—		#3,022	8
1929	#3,682	7	#1,848	17
1928	—		#1,647	21
1927	#3,875	7	#2,034	16
1926	#4,851	5	#1,353	29
1925	#4,028	7	#2,435	12
1924	#3,144	10	#1,414	28
1923	—		#1,589	23
1922	—		#1,644	22
1921	—		#1,766	20
1920	—		#1,505	25
1919	—		#1,624	21
1918	—		#1,211	33
1917	—		#1,587	21
1916	—		#1,265	28
1915	#3,795	6	#1,968	14
1914	—		#1,153	25
1913	—		#1,497	13
1912	—		#1,059	19
1911	—		#1,537	6
1910	—		#981	11
1909	—		—
1908	—		—
1907	—		—
1906	—		#1,253	5
1905	—		#836	9
1904	—		#966	7
1903	—		#1,130	5
1902	—		#1,013	6
1901	—		#943	6
1900	—		#785	11
1899	—		#548	13
1898	—		#701	10
1897	—		—
1896	—		#900	7
1895	—		#795	8
1894	—		—
1893	—		#1,035	5
1892	—		#1,066	5
1891	—		—
1890	—		—
1889	—		#878	6
1888	—		#1,031	5
1887	—		—
1886	—		#758	7
1885	—		—
1884	—		#764	7
1883	—		#892	5
1882	—		—
1881	—		#706	7
1880	—		#682	8

First appearance

1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elder was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Elder is popular in 2025

Rank in state
Top 10
11–50
51–100
101–500
501+
Not published

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Top states · boys

California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #298 in Georgia, 1931.

Show every state

State	Rank	Births	Share
California	#2,203	6	1 in 29,246
Texas	#2,285	6	1 in 29,175
Alabama	—	—	—
Alaska	—	—	—
Arizona	—	—	—
Arkansas	—	—	—
Colorado	—	—	—
Connecticut	—	—	—
Delaware	—	—	—
District of Columbia	—	—	—
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Georgia	—	—	—
Hawaii	—	—	—
Idaho	—	—	—
Illinois	—	—	—
Indiana	—	—	—
Iowa	—	—	—
Kansas	—	—	—
Kentucky	—	—	—
Louisiana	—	—	—
Maine	—	—	—
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Massachusetts	—	—	—
Michigan	—	—	—
Minnesota	—	—	—
Mississippi	—	—	—
Missouri	—	—	—
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Nebraska	—	—	—
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North Carolina	—	—	—
North Dakota	—	—	—
Ohio	—	—	—
Oklahoma	—	—	—
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Rhode Island	—	—	—
South Carolina	—	—	—
South Dakota	—	—	—
Tennessee	—	—	—
Utah	—	—	—
Vermont	—	—	—
Virginia	—	—	—
Washington	—	—	—
West Virginia	—	—	—
Wisconsin	—	—	—
Wyoming	—	—	—

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.

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See more about Elder

Momentum · boys

Rising

325 spots since 2024 (#2,393 → #2,718)
779 spots since 2020 (#3,497 → #2,718)
Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1904
Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1911

Rise & fade · boys

19 yrs to peak

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1899 at #548 (13 births)
Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 15 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1898–1901

Share of babies · boys

1 in 8,170

Highest: 1 in 8,170 boys born in 1899 were named Elder (0.01%)
Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)

Era · boys

The 2000s

18.6% of all boys named Elder (422) were born in this decade

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	45	#682 (1880)	#816
1890s	48	#548 (1899)	#841
1900s	49	#785 (1900)	#989
1910s	191	#981 (1910)	#1,388
1920s	213	#1,353 (1926)	#1,724
1930s	123	#1,538 (1931)	#2,216
1940s	94	#1,894 (1940)	#2,528
1950s	59	#2,321 (1950)	#3,167
1960s	30	#3,337 (1960)	#3,717
1970s	49	#3,370 (1971)	#4,824
1980s	70	#3,131 (1986)	#4,696
1990s	233	#2,394 (1998)	#3,117
2000s	422	#2,248 (2006)	#2,635
2010s	373	#2,582 (2019)	#3,140
2020s	269	#2,393 (2024)	#2,854

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.

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