Elgin
Elgin was given to 7 boys in 2025, #9,978 among boys’ names; 4,002 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,220 Americans named Elgin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 28 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elgin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elgin mean?
Wiktionary, Turkish section
Elgin is “a male given name”
Meaning: Wiktionary, Turkish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elgin?
#9,978 among boys’ names, 2025
Elgin fell from #4,009 in 2015 to #9,978 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.6 to 4.1 per million.
78 babies in 1927, the peak
Elgin peaked in 1927, when 78 babies were given it (69 boys, #802 among boys’ names). The 7 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,978 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,920 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,403 | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,490 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,177 | 10.3 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,519 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,181 | 7.8 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,396 | 12.7 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,120 | 7.6 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,664 | 11.1 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #4,009 | 13.6 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,582 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,996 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,396 | 16.9 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,261 | 12.1 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,314 | 8.9 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,851 | 13.6 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,303 | 16.7 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,537 | 10.1 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,816 | 12.7 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,759 | 19.5 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,557 | 13.1 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,300 | 14.2 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,821 | 11.3 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,167 | 9.8 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,561 | 11.7 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,836 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,217 | 12.6 |
| 1997 | 25 | #3,010 | 13.3 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,231 | 7.9 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,220 | 11.0 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,569 | 15.0 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,961 | 11.7 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,641 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,057 | 17.8 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,814 | 20.9 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,310 | 14.5 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,885 | 18.3 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,805 | 19.3 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,066 | 15.2 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,877 | 16.8 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,537 | 22.2 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,034 | 14.5 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,221 | 12.7 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,555 | 21.8 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,707 | 19.1 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,395 | 26.1 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,306 | 29.2 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,682 | 19.5 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,265 | 12.7 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,539 | 21.8 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,396 | 24.2 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,473 | 21.8 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,166 | 30.2 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,072 | 32.8 |
| 1970 | 67 | #993 | 36.1 |
| 1969 | 68 | #929 | 38.0 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,103 | 26.5 |
| 1967 | 56 | #973 | 32.1 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,046 | 27.5 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,115 | 24.2 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,132 | 23.1 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,232 | 19.7 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,094 | 23.7 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,140 | 22.6 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,366 | 15.9 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,267 | 17.8 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,784 | 9.4 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,321 | 16.2 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,397 | 14.7 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,547 | 12.1 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,366 | 15.2 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,339 | 16.2 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,251 | 18.0 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,495 | 13.3 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,126 | 22.3 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,167 | 20.9 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,384 | 16.0 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,373 | 15.9 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,415 | 15.4 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,278 | 20.1 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,374 | 17.6 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,159 | 24.5 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,145 | 26.1 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,055 | 30.9 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,235 | 25.9 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,407 | 20.8 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,134 | 29.8 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,189 | 29.1 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,103 | 33.7 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,026 | 37.5 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,196 | 30.0 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,236 | 29.2 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,239 | 28.7 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,314 | 26.9 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,025 | 41.0 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,080 | 38.1 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,082 | 37.9 |
| 1927 | 69 | #802 | 61.2 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,199 | 32.4 |
| 1925 | 58 | #885 | 52.0 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,021 | 42.4 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,033 | 42.9 |
| 1922 | 62 | #873 | 57.0 |
| 1921 | 60 | #903 | 54.5 |
| 1920 | 69 | #806 | 64.8 |
| 1919 | 66 | #803 | 67.3 |
| 1918 | 62 | #832 | 61.2 |
| 1917 | 47 | #938 | 50.8 |
| 1916 | 49 | #899 | 55.1 |
| 1915 | 42 | #967 | 49.5 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,080 | 42.8 |
| 1913 | 27 | #953 | 52.7 |
| 1912 | 25 | #899 | 58.1 |
| 1911 | 14 | #901 | 62.0 |
| 1910 | 15 | #791 | 77.2 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,319 | 36.6 |
| 1907 | 10 | #886 | 68.1 |
| 1905 | 12 | #715 | 90.7 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,260 | 39.0 |
| 1902 | 10 | #758 | 81.5 |
| 1901 | 8 | #792 | 75.1 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,368 | 33.2 |
| 1899 | 8 | #804 | 75.3 |
| 1897 | 6 | #976 | 53.2 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,127 | 42.6 |
| 1890 | 10 | #639 | 90.1 |
| 1889 | 7 | #823 | 63.3 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,008 | 45.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Elgin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,002 Americans recorded as Elgin, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 7 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Elgin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elgin, and how old are they?
2,220 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 4,002 Americans ever recorded as Elgin. The median Elgin alive today is 47 years old; half are between 28 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 2,084 people named Elgin (97 women and girls, 1,987 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,350 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% 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 | 110 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 436 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 635 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 442 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 394 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 202 |
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 Elgin born?
The states with the most babies named Elgin are Texas, California and Michigan, with 70% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 325 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 142 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 48 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Louisiana | 43 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 24 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Oklahoma | 23 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Kentucky | 22 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 21 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Elgin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elgin is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.2 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 Elgin 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 Elgin
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 Elgin and names like it
- Compare Elgin and TheronBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sElgin peaked in 1927.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elgin since 1910.
- Turkish namesWiktionary’s origin for Elgin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Elgin.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Elgin alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with EMost given first.