Elder — #2388 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elder

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,221 babies named Elder between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elder currently holds the #2388 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elder performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elder shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Elder in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elder in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,221 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.