Eldon
Eldon was given to 60 boys in 2025, #2,311 among boys’ names; 26,157 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,300 Americans named Eldon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 42 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eldon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eldon mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eldon is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈɛl.dən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eldon?
#2,311 among boys’ names, 2025
Eldon rose from #2,365 in 2015 to #2,311 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 28.7 to 35.1 per million.
647 babies in 1926, the peak
Eldon peaked in 1926, when 647 boys were given it, #211 among boys’ names. The 60 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,311 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,243 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,252 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,197 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,386 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,274 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,981 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,357 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,981 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,149 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55 | #2,365 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,123 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,779 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,305 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,481 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,749 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,915 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,385 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,877 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,259 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,469 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,250 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,585 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,474 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,351 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 46 | #2,175 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,361 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,965 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,910 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,393 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,108 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,015 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,008 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 56 | #1,543 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 49 | #1,664 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,494 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 46 | #1,576 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,299 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,462 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 62 | #1,155 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 47 | #1,382 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 82 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 94 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 101 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 89 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 85 | #862 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 91 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 119 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 137 | #710 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 115 | #727 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 102 | #737 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 113 | #699 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 106 | #723 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 135 | #645 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 143 | #650 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 145 | #652 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 167 | #601 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 166 | #616 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 178 | #582 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 181 | #582 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 197 | #550 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 216 | #525 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 248 | #481 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 252 | #465 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 276 | #435 | 0.14 |
| 1953 | 275 | #419 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 298 | #399 | 0.15 |
| 1951 | 288 | #399 | 0.15 |
| 1950 | 292 | #394 | 0.16 |
| 1949 | 339 | #369 | 0.19 |
| 1948 | 363 | #352 | 0.21 |
| 1947 | 436 | #327 | 0.24 |
| 1946 | 347 | #351 | 0.21 |
| 1945 | 352 | #315 | 0.26 |
| 1944 | 386 | #308 | 0.28 |
| 1943 | 449 | #289 | 0.31 |
| 1942 | 448 | #284 | 0.32 |
| 1941 | 434 | #275 | 0.35 |
| 1940 | 485 | #248 | 0.42 |
| 1939 | 494 | #237 | 0.45 |
| 1938 | 457 | #255 | 0.41 |
| 1937 | 491 | #237 | 0.46 |
| 1936 | 540 | #216 | 0.52 |
| 1935 | 514 | #228 | 0.49 |
| 1934 | 568 | #215 | 0.55 |
| 1933 | 535 | #216 | 0.54 |
| 1932 | 547 | #220 | 0.52 |
| 1931 | 561 | #221 | 0.54 |
| 1930 | 575 | #224 | 0.52 |
| 1929 | 580 | #221 | 0.54 |
| 1928 | 579 | #227 | 0.52 |
| 1927 | 640 | #209 | 0.57 |
| 1926 | 647 | #211 | 0.58 |
| 1925 | 595 | #223 | 0.53 |
| 1924 | 597 | #225 | 0.53 |
| 1923 | 591 | #219 | 0.54 |
| 1922 | 605 | #220 | 0.56 |
| 1921 | 596 | #225 | 0.54 |
| 1920 | 517 | #243 | 0.49 |
| 1919 | 517 | #233 | 0.53 |
| 1918 | 523 | #230 | 0.52 |
| 1917 | 439 | #239 | 0.47 |
| 1916 | 424 | #246 | 0.48 |
| 1915 | 401 | #242 | 0.47 |
| 1914 | 295 | #250 | 0.45 |
| 1913 | 243 | #240 | 0.47 |
| 1912 | 153 | #288 | 0.36 |
| 1911 | 64 | #340 | 0.28 |
| 1910 | 62 | #316 | 0.32 |
| 1909 | 39 | #390 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 38 | #375 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 38 | #362 | 0.26 |
| 1906 | 38 | #337 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 26 | #423 | 0.20 |
| 1904 | 26 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 27 | #373 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 24 | #417 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 19 | #436 | 0.18 |
| 1900 | 20 | #537 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 21 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1898 | 11 | #671 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 15 | #523 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 14 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 9 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 14 | #548 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 10 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 7 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 9 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 7 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 11 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 11 | #623 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 8 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 7 | #787 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 9 | #659 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 6 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 8 | #666 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eldon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eldon has been given almost only to boys: 55 girls in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Eldon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eldon, and how old are they?
8,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 26,157 Americans ever recorded as Eldon. The median Eldon alive today is 65 years old; half are between 42 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 10,189 people named Eldon (34 women and girls, 10,155 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,996 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,590 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,030 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,380 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 765 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 729 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 792 |
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 Eldon born?
The states with the most babies named Eldon are Iowa, Kansas and Illinois, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Iowa and Kansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 1,789 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Kansas | 1,647 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Illinois | 1,542 | #1,347 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 1,322 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 1,227 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Oklahoma | 1,205 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Ohio | 1,143 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 1,076 | #2,268 | 0.7× |
| Nebraska | 1,073 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| Michigan | 934 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Eldon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eldon is most over-represented in Kansas: since 1910 it was given 4.5 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 Eldon 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, Eldon is the most given (80% of them). In 2025 it was given to 60 of their 104 babies (58%), again the 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 Eldon
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 Eldon and names like it
- Compare Eldon and EldenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEldon peaked in 1926.
- Iowa’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eldon since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Eldon: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Eldon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Eldon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.