Elmon — boys' name
591 babies named Elmon in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Elmon was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Elmon in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elmon
The Social Security Administration has registered 591 babies named Elmon between 1909 and 1975, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elmon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elmon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Elmon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elmon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elmon 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 591 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.
Elmon at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elmon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1909
- Peak year (1922)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
591 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 27 births in a single year.
Elmon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 168 births that decade — 28% of Elmon's all-time total
Elmon decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elmon's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Elmon by state
Where Elmon concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 21 | 3.6% |
21 of 591 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 3.6% 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, 1909–1975 (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.