Boys' name · since 1881
Elonzo
236 babies named Elonzo in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,000 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,255 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 236
- born since 1881
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elonzo is the #8255 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 236 recorded since 1881.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elonzo has been recorded 236 times among boys since 1881, currently ranked #8255 nationally and more common than 41% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #12,000 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,255 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 236 born since 1881
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elonzo ranks #12,000 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,255 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 236 born since 1881, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,000 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,255 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 236
- born since 1881
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elonzo's 236 recorded births place it above 73.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elonzo compares
236 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elonzo's all-time total is 36% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elonzo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 236 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Elonzo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elonzo's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1881, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elonzo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Elonzo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 24% of the file).
2020s was Elonzo's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Elonzo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1910s 19
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (24% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elonzo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~144 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1881–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elonzo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.