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 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#508 · 1 in 4,403
Best ever in a state: #252 in District of Columbia, 1973.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #508 | 9 | 1 in 4,403 |
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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 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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 216,253 of them was named Elgin, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 716 names at #4,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 19,691 of them was named Elgin, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).