Eldor — boys' name
367 babies named Eldor in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Eldor was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Eldor in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eldor
The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Eldor between 1912 and 1937, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eldor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eldor performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eldor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Eldor in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eldor 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 367 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.
Eldor at a glance
Last recorded 1937Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eldor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1912
- Peak year (1921)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1937.
367 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 31 births in a single year.
Eldor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 182 births that decade — 50% of Eldor's all-time total
Eldor decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Eldor's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Eldor by state
Where Eldor concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 49 | 13.4% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 40 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.4% |
49 of 367 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Wisconsin 13.4% of nationwide
- Minnesota 10.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Wisconsin accounts for 13.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–1937 (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.