Elwin — #6460 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elwin

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,156 babies named Elwin between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elwin currently holds the #6460 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 147 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elwin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,316 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elwin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 311 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Nebraska. In total, SSA state-level files list Elwin in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elwin 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 5,156 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.