Eldred
Eldred was last recorded in 2012, when 6 babies were given it; 4,040 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2012 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eldred by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Eldred?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,194, in 2012; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
168 babies in 1921, the peak
Eldred peaked in 1921, when 168 babies were given it (122 boys, #572 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #11,194 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,185 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,621 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,991 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,817 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,420 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,265 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,070 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,461 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,975 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6 | #7,542 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,476 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,919 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,948 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #4,041 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,498 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,135 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,521 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,465 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,333 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,085 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,308 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,888 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,111 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,447 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,117 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,234 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,190 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,431 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,462 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,153 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,777 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,550 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,390 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,487 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,682 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,921 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,518 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,525 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,444 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,828 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,306 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,536 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,092 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,237 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,466 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,472 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,290 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,299 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,353 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,324 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,471 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,299 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,194 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,242 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,231 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,264 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,375 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,012 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 51 | #892 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,035 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 60 | #787 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 49 | #900 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 53 | #838 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,148 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 56 | #837 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 57 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 58 | #814 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 70 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 80 | #668 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 81 | #692 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 90 | #651 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 94 | #643 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 95 | #650 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 93 | #655 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 102 | #622 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 102 | #636 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 118 | #576 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 94 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 122 | #572 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 118 | #575 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 92 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 98 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 120 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 84 | #637 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 102 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 81 | #547 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 62 | #550 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 44 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 22 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 17 | #734 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 13 | #815 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 9 | #966 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,021 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 14 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 9 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 14 | #595 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,096 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 9 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 9 | #787 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 7 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 8 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 6 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 7 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 5 | #975 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eldred a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,040 Americans recorded as Eldred, 7% are girls and 93% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Eldred: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eldred, and how old are they?
An estimated 978 Americans named Eldred and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 52 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,236 people named Eldred (65 women and girls, 1,171 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,233 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
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 Eldred born?
The states with the most babies named Eldred are Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, with 35% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and Wisconsin are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 115 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Wisconsin | 102 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 84 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 84 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Iowa | 83 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 66 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 41 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 39 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| California | 34 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 32 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Eldred is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eldred is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.3 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 Eldred with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eldred
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 Eldred and names like it
- Compare Eldred and OrvilBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEldred peaked in 1921.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eldred since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Eldred.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Eldred alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.