Eldonna — girls' name
268 babies named Eldonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Eldonna was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Eldonna in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eldonna
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Eldonna between 1922 and 1968, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eldonna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eldonna performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eldonna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eldonna 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 268 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.
Eldonna at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eldonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1922
- Peak year (1947)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
268 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 16 births in a single year.
Eldonna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 95 births that decade — 35% of Eldonna's all-time total
Eldonna decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Eldonna's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1922–1968 (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.