Elwin
Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,851 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 109 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,176since 1882
Elwin over time
Rank among boys' names. Elwin has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,758 | 20 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,545 | 26 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,548 | 26 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,214 | 41 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,106 | 47 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,105 | 45 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #926 | 60 | |
| 1952 | — | #953 | 56 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,070 | 45 | |
| 1950 | — | #850 | 64 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | — | #879 | 60 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,014 | 50 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,003 | 46 | |
| 1945 | — | #743 | 68 | |
| 1944 | — | #853 | 55 | |
| 1943 | — | #781 | 70 | |
| 1942 | — | #755 | 72 | |
| 1941 | — | #751 | 68 | |
| 1940 | — | #770 | 64 | |
| 1939 | — | #784 | 60 | |
| 1938 | — | #652 | 84 | |
| 1937 | — | #729 | 69 | |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #670 | 79 | |
| 1934 | — | #655 | 85 | |
| 1933 | — | #694 | 74 | |
| 1932 | — | #583 | 103 | |
| 1931 | — | #572 | 106 | |
| 1930 | — | #662 | 88 | |
| 1929 | — | #571 | 109 | |
| 1928 | — | #562 | 118 | |
| 1927 | — | #564 | 119 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #502 | 145 |
| 1925 | — | #539 | 129 | |
| 1924 | — | #545 | 135 | |
| 1923 | — | #502 | 147 | |
| 1922 | — | #520 | 141 | |
| 1921 | — | #515 | 144 | |
| 1920 | — | #539 | 129 | |
| 1919 | — | #587 | 104 | |
| 1918 | — | #568 | 114 | |
| 1917 | — | #532 | 119 | |
| 1916 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1915 | — | #497 | 124 | |
| 1914 | — | #462 | 109 | |
| 1913 | — | #552 | 61 | |
| 1912 | — | #521 | 57 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #541 | 22 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Elwin! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Elwin is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#914 · 1 in 17,826
Best ever in a state: #54 in Vermont, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #914 | 5 | 1 in 17,826 |
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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 Elwin
- 1,612 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #4,857)
- 1,123 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 397 spots in 1891 (#994 → #597)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1890 (#628 → #994)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1914 at #462 (109 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1897–1945
- Highest: 1 in 6,007 boys born in 1914 were named Elwin (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.4% of all boys named Elwin (1,316) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #628 (1889) | #806 |
| 1890s | 65 | #597 (1891) | #796 |
| 1900s | 107 | #541 (1908) | #814 |
| 1910s | 830 | #462 (1914) | #566 |
| 1920s | 1,316 | #502 (1923) | #536 |
| 1930s | 820 | #572 (1931) | #670 |
| 1940s | 603 | #743 (1945) | #853 |
| 1950s | 483 | #850 (1950) | #1,092 |
| 1960s | 224 | #1,262 (1961) | #1,812 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,129 (1974) | #3,013 |
| 1980s | 113 | #2,891 (1986) | #3,924 |
| 1990s | 128 | #3,325 (1991) | #4,729 |
| 2000s | 123 | #4,824 (2005) | #6,261 |
| 2010s | 108 | #5,555 (2019) | #7,072 |
| 2020s | 88 | #4,857 (2025) | #6,085 |
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.
Elwin in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 35,305 of them was named Elwin, which outranked 75.0% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #980Richmond47
- #980Theadore47
- #980Wayman47
- #1,003Elwin46
- #1,003Author46
- #1,003Barrett46
- #1,003Elzie46
- #1,019Ambrose45
- #1,019Collin45
- #1,019Edison45
Tied with 15 names at #1,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.