Eldridge
Eldridge was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,037 among boys’ names; 5,247 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,970 Americans named Eldridge and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 44 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eldridge by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Eldridge?
#11,037 among boys’ names, 2025
Eldridge rose from #12,598 in 2015 to #11,037 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 3.5 per million.
120 babies in 1924, the peak
Eldridge peaked in 1924, when 120 boys were given it, #582 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,037 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,918 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,150 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,574 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,356 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,994 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,180 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,342 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,080 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 6 | #11,107 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #12,598 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,325 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,952 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,011 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,978 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #11,141 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,345 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,232 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #7,055 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,508 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,126 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #8,056 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,825 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,456 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,453 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,200 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,463 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #5,043 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,649 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,109 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,875 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,538 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,392 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,146 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,986 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 20 | #3,007 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,576 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,386 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,176 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,746 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,857 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,086 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,239 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,725 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,343 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 38 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,423 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,380 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,516 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,160 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,144 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,101 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,253 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,275 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,167 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,025 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,222 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,129 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 32 | #1,392 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,207 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,087 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,003 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,030 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 58 | #978 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 62 | #952 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 56 | #998 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 55 | #969 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 57 | #940 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 52 | #977 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 56 | #921 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 64 | #858 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 60 | #879 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 75 | #794 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 52 | #927 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 69 | #738 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 67 | #764 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,063 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 72 | #755 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 66 | #764 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 73 | #711 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 61 | #777 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 60 | #801 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 65 | #760 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 68 | #733 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 72 | #718 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 60 | #798 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 74 | #697 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 74 | #723 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 59 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 82 | #690 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 95 | #627 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 92 | #655 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 109 | #592 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 115 | #574 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 95 | #655 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 120 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 85 | #701 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 87 | #699 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 102 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 104 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 89 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 94 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 94 | #612 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 81 | #651 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 84 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 66 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 54 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 55 | #541 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 22 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 16 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 22 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1908 | 18 | #616 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 11 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 18 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 14 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 7 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 12 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 8 | #877 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 12 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 17 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 7 | #880 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 9 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 11 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 11 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 14 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 20 | #424 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 9 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 12 | #611 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 6 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 9 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 8 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 6 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 10 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 10 | #615 | 0.09 |
| 1885 | 8 | #722 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 6 | #888 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 6 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 9 | #666 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 9 | #616 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 13 | #508 | 0.12 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eldridge a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eldridge has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Eldridge: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eldridge, and how old are they?
1,970 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 5,247 Americans ever recorded as Eldridge. The median Eldridge alive today is 59 years old; half are between 44 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,918 people named Eldridge (31 women and girls, 1,887 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,252 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 226 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 657 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 556 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 271 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 147 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 109 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Eldridge born?
The states with the most babies named Eldridge are Louisiana, Virginia and Texas, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 428 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Virginia | 393 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Texas | 279 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 193 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 126 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 105 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Mississippi | 97 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 82 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| West Virginia | 59 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 45 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Eldridge is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eldridge is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 4.3 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 Eldridge with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 5,443 babies since 1880, Eldridge is the most given (96% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eldridge
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 Eldridge and names like it
- Compare Eldridge and EldredgeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEldridge peaked in 1924.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eldridge since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Eldridge.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Eldridge alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.