Ellwood — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ellwood

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,979 babies named Ellwood between 1882 and 2021, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ellwood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellwood performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 612 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ellwood shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 478 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ellwood in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ellwood 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 1,979 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.