Elgin
Last seen for girls in 1932 at #3,568 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,959since 1886
Elgin over time
Rank among boys' names. Elgin has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,221 | 23 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,831 | 27 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,286 | 34 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,493 | 21 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,782 | 26 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,752 | 39 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,280 | 28 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,794 | 22 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,981 | 25 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,556 | 29 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,879 | 35 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,793 | 36 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,057 | 28 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,531 | 40 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,548 | 39 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,390 | 45 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,299 | 48 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,530 | 34 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,464 | 34 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,070 | 58 | |
| 1970 | — | #989 | 67 | |
| 1969 | — | #920 | 68 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #968 | 56 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,126 | 46 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,136 | 48 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,359 | 34 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,265 | 38 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,318 | 35 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,538 | 25 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,361 | 31 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,245 | 35 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,123 | 40 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,378 | 28 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,370 | 24 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,155 | 35 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,125 | 33 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,020 | 39 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,236 | 30 |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,078 | 41 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,078 | 42 | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #799 | 69 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | — | #882 | 58 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,020 | 48 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,026 | 47 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #871 | 62 |
| 1921 | — | #901 | 60 | |
| 1920 | — | #805 | 69 | |
| 1919 | — | #799 | 66 | |
| 1918 | — | #831 | 62 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #934 | 47 |
| 1916 | — | #892 | 49 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Elgin! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Elgin is popular in 1905
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Elgin
- 1,949 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #9,714)
- 4,263 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #9,714)
- 5,732 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 531 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 524 spots in 1900 (#786 → #1,310)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1890 at #629 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1915–1922
- Highest: 1 in 11,026 boys born in 1905 were named Elgin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #629 in 1890, was only 1 in 11,102 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.4% of all boys named Elgin (532) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #789 (1889) | #874 |
| 1890s | 29 | #629 (1890) | #859 |
| 1900s | 56 | #699 (1905) | #983 |
| 1910s | 375 | #782 (1910) | #901 |
| 1920s | 532 | #799 (1927) | #965 |
| 1930s | 324 | #1,020 (1935) | #1,179 |
| 1940s | 309 | #1,051 (1941) | #1,253 |
| 1950s | 312 | #1,123 (1950) | #1,382 |
| 1960s | 481 | #920 (1969) | #1,108 |
| 1970s | 425 | #989 (1970) | #1,421 |
| 1980s | 321 | #1,531 (1984) | #1,889 |
| 1990s | 242 | #1,809 (1990) | #3,223 |
| 2000s | 265 | #2,752 (2005) | #3,641 |
| 2010s | 205 | #3,371 (2012) | #4,843 |
| 2020s | 71 | #5,110 (2021) | #7,272 |
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.
Elgin in 1905
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 11,026 of them was named Elgin, which outranked 50.8% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).