Recorded 1919–1949 Girls' name Peak 1919 46 births

Eldona — girls' name

46 babies named Eldona in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s71920s271940s12
1920s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Eldona was born in this single decade.

1919
Single peak year

7 babies were named Eldona in 1919 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Eldona

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Eldona between 1919 and 1949, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eldona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eldona performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eldona shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eldona 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 46 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.

Eldona at a glance

Last recorded 1949

Total births

46

Since 1919

31 years of records

Peak year

1919

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1949

Active since

1919

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 1949

Eldona popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1919

Last recorded 1949
Peak year (1919)
7
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19491943192819271924192319221919 7

Eldona by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
27 births that decade — 59% of Eldona's all-time total
1910s71920s271940s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Eldona?
46 babies have been named Eldona since 1919. It was last recorded in 1949. The peak year was 1919 with 7 births.
When was Eldona most popular?
Eldona was most popular in the 1920s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 1919.
How long has the name Eldona been used?
Eldona has been recorded in Social Security data since 1919, spanning 31 years of data through 1949.
What names are similar to Eldona?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Elda, Eldora, Eldana, Eldred, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.