Elden
Elden was given to 36 boys in 2025, #3,263 among boys’ names; 5,932 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,260 Americans named Elden and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 16 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elden by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Elden?
#3,263 among boys’ names, 2025
Elden fell from #3,039 in 2015 to #3,263 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 19.8 to 21.1 per million.
141 babies in 1922, the peak
Elden peaked in 1922, when 141 boys were given it, #520 among boys’ names. The 36 births of 2025 are 26% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,263 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,969 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,363 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,928 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,988 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,090 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,511 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,681 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,853 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,697 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | #3,039 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,104 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,435 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,395 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,822 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,651 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,153 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,059 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,461 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,263 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,258 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,479 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,103 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,487 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,201 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,850 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,167 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,716 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,486 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,230 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,236 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,634 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,702 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,370 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,857 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,649 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,410 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,246 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,385 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,622 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,256 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,128 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,464 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,164 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,602 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,145 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,930 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,307 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,487 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,448 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,472 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,302 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,988 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,073 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,080 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,362 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,483 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,431 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,300 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,336 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,360 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,233 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,330 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,322 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 59 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,073 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 60 | #983 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 59 | #971 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,013 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,086 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,093 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 58 | #931 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,125 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 49 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 53 | #947 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 76 | #790 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 66 | #810 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 59 | #810 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 61 | #804 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 80 | #722 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 71 | #763 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 70 | #739 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 84 | #661 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 84 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 85 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 95 | #593 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 80 | #656 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 119 | #530 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 133 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 81 | #646 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 96 | #600 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 113 | #551 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 105 | #587 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 123 | #524 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 102 | #607 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 128 | #548 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 113 | #589 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 135 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 141 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 127 | #547 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 141 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 123 | #571 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 129 | #539 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 110 | #571 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 124 | #539 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 91 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 123 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 93 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 72 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 46 | #660 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 42 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 17 | #799 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 13 | #884 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 11 | #911 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,439 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 15 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,155 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 8 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 7 | #934 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 7 | #882 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 8 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 8 | #803 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 8 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 7 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 7 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 9 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 6 | #886 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Elden a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elden has been given almost only to boys: 11 girls in 133 years of records.
Girls and boys named Elden: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elden, and how old are they?
2,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 5,932 Americans ever recorded as Elden. The median Elden alive today is 51 years old; half are between 16 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 2,417 people named Elden (20 women and girls, 2,397 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,423 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 278 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 613 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 316 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 213 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 338 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elden born?
The states with the most babies named Elden are Ohio, California and Michigan, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 311 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 206 | #2,570 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 198 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Utah | 193 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Kansas | 130 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Nebraska | 120 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Minnesota | 112 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 105 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Wisconsin | 85 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Idaho | 74 | not ranked | 2.7× |
Where Elden is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elden is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 4.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elden with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 32,795 babies since 1880, Elden is the second most given (18% of them). In 2025 it was given to 36 of their 104 babies (35%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elden
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elden and names like it
- Compare Elden and EldonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sElden peaked in 1922.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elden since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Elden.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elden alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.