Eldred

Where Eldred comes from

Eldred hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1811
    Eldred Pottinger born
    British artillerist and adventurer
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1917
    Peak, #527
    120 babies named Eldred — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #812.
  5. 1994
    Eldred Henry born
    British Virgin Island Athlete
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Eldred Pottinger · British artillerist and adventurer, 1811–1843
  • Eldred Henry · British Virgin Island Athlete, born 1994
  • Eldred Simkins · American politician, 1779–1831
  • Eldred D. Jones · Sierra Leonean academic, 1925–2020
  • Eldred G. Smith · American Leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1907–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.