Girls' name · since 1922
Eldonna
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.
- #16,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 268
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
Eldonna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 268 recorded since 1922.
Eldonna has 268 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1968.
- #16,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 268 born since 1922
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eldonna ranks #16,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 268 born since 1922, peaking in the 1940s.
- #16,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 268
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
Eldonna's 268 recorded births place it above 76.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Eldonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eldonna's full recorded timeline at 1945, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eldonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1968
- Peak year (1947)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Eldonna by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (95 births, 35% of the file).
1940s was Eldonna's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Eldonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 18
1920s
18 births
- 1930s
1930s
78 births
- 1940s
1940s
95 births
- 1950s
1950s
57 births
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 95 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Eldonna's data
- Eldonna's decade-level peak was the 1940s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eldonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eldonna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.