Eldred
Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
Given to boys 92.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 120 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,746since 1882
Eldred over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,484 | 27 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,090 | 49 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,280 | 34 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,297 | 33 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,007 | 44 | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #888 | 51 |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #784 | 60 |
| 1938 | — | #897 | 49 | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #835 | 53 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | — | #834 | 56 | |
| 1934 | — | #828 | 57 | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #812 | 58 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #746 | 70 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #667 | 80 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #692 | 81 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #649 | 90 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #642 | 94 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #649 | 95 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #654 | 93 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #621 | 102 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #635 | 102 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #575 | 118 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | #665 | 94 |
| 1921 | #1,126 | 46 | #572 | 122 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #574 | 118 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #633 | 92 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #620 | 98 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #527 | 120 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #636 | 84 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #558 | 102 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #546 | 81 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #550 | 62 |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #729 | 17 |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Eldred! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Eldred is popular in 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#226 · 1 in 1,888
- Iowa#241 · 1 in 1,964
- Minnesota#272 · 1 in 2,354
- Illinois#404 · 1 in 7,036
- New York#479 · 1 in 10,587
Best ever in a state: #177 in Utah, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #226 | 7 | 1 in 1,888 |
| Iowa | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,964 |
| Minnesota | #272 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Illinois | #404 | 5 | 1 in 7,036 |
| New York | #479 | 6 | 1 in 10,587 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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.
See more about Eldred
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 475 spots in 1902 (#1,058 → #583)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1936 (#834 → #1,142)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1917 at #527 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1907–1935
- Highest: 1 in 7,712 boys born in 1917 were named Eldred (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 27.4% of all boys named Eldred (1,028) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #720 (1883) | #847 |
| 1890s | 38 | #744 (1898) | #852 |
| 1900s | 72 | #583 (1902) | #834 |
| 1910s | 722 | #527 (1917) | #609 |
| 1920s | 1,028 | #572 (1921) | #624 |
| 1930s | 597 | #667 (1931) | #824 |
| 1940s | 342 | #888 (1941) | #1,196 |
| 1950s | 331 | #1,090 (1957) | #1,332 |
| 1960s | 250 | #1,388 (1967) | #1,603 |
| 1970s | 151 | #1,546 (1970) | #2,902 |
| 1980s | 105 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,130 |
| 1990s | 62 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,890 |
| 2000s | 24 | #6,839 (2000) | #8,027 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,770 (2012) | #10,770 |
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.
Eldred in 1914
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
girls
761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 84,620 of them was named Eldred, which outranked 42.1% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,265Zera10
- #2,265Zilla10
- #2,265Zillah10
- #2,434Eldred9
- #2,434Adalyn9
- #2,434Adina9
- #2,434Agusta9
- #2,638Adlene8
- #2,638Adra8
- #2,638Adria8
Tied with 203 names at #2,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 8,083 of them was named Eldred, which outranked 85.5% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).