Unisex name · since 1917
Eldean
Eldean has 223 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,701 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 223
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Eldean sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 223 recorded since 1917.
Eldean has 223 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1954.
- #18,701 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 223 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eldean ranks #18,701 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 223 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,701 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 223
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Eldean's 223 recorded births place it above 74.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eldean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eldean's full recorded timeline at 1934, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eldean popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1954
- Peak year (1921)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Eldean popularity over time - boys
143 total births recorded since 1916 (Eldean as boys' name)
Eldean by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (72 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Eldean's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Eldean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 26
1910s
26 births
- 1920s
1920s
72 births
- 1930s
1930s
72 births
- 1940s
1940s
41 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 72 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Eldean's data
- Eldean's decade-level peak was the 1920s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Eldean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eldean draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.