Elson — #6472 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elson

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,313 babies named Elson between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elson currently holds the #6472 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elson performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Elson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Elson in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elson 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 1,313 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.