Elson
- #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,333since 1911
Elson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Elson has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1911
The first year at least five boys were named Elson! It came in at #1,387, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Elson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Elson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,612 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #4,857)
- 594 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #4,857)
- 2,209 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #4,857)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1911 at #1,387 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,281
- Highest: 1 in 32,281 boys born in 1911 were named Elson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 12.5% of all boys named Elson (167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 107 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,061 |
| 1920s | 167 | #1,414 (1924) | #2,047 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,587 (1936) | #2,164 |
| 1940s | 127 | #1,736 (1940) | #2,119 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,010 (1952) | #2,855 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,539 (1963) | #3,295 |
| 1970s | 91 | #2,637 (1975) | #3,512 |
| 1980s | 96 | #2,972 (1982) | #4,361 |
| 1990s | 106 | #4,167 (1990) | #5,452 |
| 2000s | 124 | #4,375 (2007) | #6,282 |
| 2010s | 148 | #4,003 (2012) | #6,135 |
| 2020s | 88 | #4,857 (2025) | #6,090 |
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.
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