Eldon
Eldon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 64 births. Its best rank was 209th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 640.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1926647 births
- Best rank
- #209in 1927
- Since 1881
- 26,041people given the name
The story in the numbers
26,041 boys have been named Eldon in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1926, with 647 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 95 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Eldon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 60 | |
| 1890s | 117 | |
| 1900s | 295 | |
| 1910s | 3,121 | |
| 1920s | 5,947 | |
| 1930s | 5,282 | |
| 1940s | 4,039 | |
| 1950s | 2,523 | |
| 1960s | 1,370 | |
| 1970s | 924 | |
| 1980s | 582 | |
| 1990s | 438 | |
| 2000s | 456 | |
| 2010s | 578 | |
| 2020s | 309 |
In 1926, its biggest year
Eldon was the 211th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1926 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1926.
Names that rose and fell with Eldon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merlinpeak 1927
- Delmerpeak 1924
- Winfordpeak 1928
- Delmarpeak 1931
- Norbertpeak 1924
- Elroypeak 1922
- Lavernpeak 1924
- Normanpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.