Eldon

Last seen for girls in 1944 at #3,687 · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1927 · 640 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
26,102
since 1881

Eldon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Eldon has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #209, 1927boys
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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—#2,30460
2024—#2,23664
2023—#2,24463
2022—#2,19166
2021—#2,37357
2020—#2,26460
2019—#1,97474
2018—#2,35556
2017—#1,97772
2016—#2,14564
2015—#2,35555
2014—#2,11665
2013—#2,76342
2012—#2,29256
2011—#2,47850
2010—#2,73044
2009—#2,89441
2008—#2,37454
2007—#2,86841
2006—#2,24856
2005—#2,46746
2004—#2,23851
2003—#2,57939
2002—#2,47040
2001—#2,34642
2000—#2,17546
1999—#2,34738
1998—#1,95749
1997—#1,90848
1996—#2,38033
1995—#2,10239
1994—#1,82247
1993—#2,00740
1992—#2,00239
1991—#1,54556
1990—#1,66249
1989—#1,49255
1988—#1,57646
1987—#1,29557
1986—#1,45747
1985—#1,24259
1984—#1,15462
1983—#1,10765
1982—#1,38247
1981—#1,12566
1980—#1,02278
1979—#1,17759
1978—#1,06067
1977—#93782
1976—#86094
1975—#827101
1974—#84989
1973—#86085
1972—#84191
1971—#748119
1970—#709137
1969—#727115
1968—#736102
1967—#699113
1966—#722106
1965—#645135
1964—#649143
1963—#652145
1962—#601167
1961—#617166
1960—#583178
1959—#583181
1958—#551197
1957—#526216
1956—#481248
1955—#466252
1954—#436276
1953—#420275
1952—#399298
1951—#400288
1950—#395292
1949—#369339
1948—#352363
1947—#327436
1946—#351347
1945—#315352
1944#3,6877#308386
1943—#289449
1942—#284448
1941—#275434
1940—#247485
1939—#236494
1938#4,3425#255457
1937—#237491
1936—#216540
1935—#228514
1934—#215568
1933—#216535
1932#4,4115#220547
1931#3,8486#221561
1930—#224575
1929#3,3948#221580
1928—#227579
1927—#209640
1926—#211647
1925—#223595
1924—#225597
1923—#219591
1922#4,0117#220605
1921—#225596
1920#4,3986#243517
1919—#233517
1918#4,2916#229523
1917#4,5945#239439
1916—#246424
1915—#242401
1914—#250295
1913—#240243
1912—#288153
1911—#34064
1910—#31662
1909—#38839
1908—#37438
1907—#35938
1906—#33538
1905—#42126
1904—#40926
1903—#37027
1902—#41524
1901—#43319
1900—#53420
1899—#40221
1898—#66311
1897—#51515
1896—#55114
1895—#7389
1894—#54314
1893—#65010
1892—#8617
1891—#6359
1890—#8147
1889—#58111
1888—#60911
1887—#6798
1886—#7587
1885—#6419
1884—#8486
1883——
1882——
1881—#6538
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Eldon! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Eldon is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Eldon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 68 spots since 2024 (#2,236 → #2,304)
  • 40 spots since 2020 (#2,264 → #2,304)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #2,304)
  • Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1899 (#663 → #402)
  • Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1890 (#581 → #814)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1927 at #209 (640 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1884–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,716
  • Highest: 1 in 1,716 boys born in 1926 were named Eldon (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #209 in 1927, was only 1 in 1,761 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.8% of all boys named Eldon (5,947) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s60#581 (1889)#681
1890s117#402 (1899)#637
1900s295#335 (1906)#404
1910s3,121#229 (1918)#262
1920s5,947#209 (1927)#222
1930s5,282#215 (1934)#227
1940s4,039#247 (1940)#312
1950s2,523#395 (1950)#466
1960s1,370#583 (1960)#663
1970s924#709 (1970)#887
1980s582#1,022 (1980)#1,285
1990s438#1,545 (1991)#1,973
2000s456#2,175 (2000)#2,466
2010s578#1,974 (2019)#2,319
2020s370#2,191 (2022)#2,269

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.

Eldon in 1907

boys
#359
38 births · 1 in 3,864 boys

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #359Eldon38
More about 1907

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 3,864 of them was named Eldon, which outranked 76.8% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eldon
  1. #351Mckinley39
  2. #351Sammie39
  3. #351Sterling39
  4. #359Eldon38
  5. #359Alan38
  6. #359Dick38
  7. #359Doyle38
  8. #366Ellsworth37
  9. #366Elton37
  10. #366Garfield37

Tied with 6 names at #359; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

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

See the top 100 for 1907 →