Elgin

Where Elgin comes from

Elgin 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. 1883
    Elgin Lessley born
    American cinematographer
  2. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1890
    Peak, #629
    10 babies named Elgin — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1934
    Elgin Baylor born
    American basketball player, coach, and executive
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Elgin Baylor · American basketball player, coach, and executive, 1934–2021
  • Elgin Lessley · American cinematographer, 1883–1944
  • Elgin Cook · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Elgin Loren Elwais · Palauan wrestler, born 1985
  • Elgin Ralston Lovell Gould · (1860-1915) Canadian social scientist, educator, and lacrosse coach, 1860–1915

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.