Eldine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Eldine

The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Eldine between 1917 and 1954, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eldine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eldine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eldine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eldine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eldine 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 157 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.