Elwin
Elwin was given to 20 boys in 2025, #4,906 among boys’ names; 5,181 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,510 Americans named Elwin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (29% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 32 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elwin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Elwin?
#4,906 among boys’ names, 2025
Elwin entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #4,906 in 2025.
150 babies in 1926, the peak
Elwin peaked in 1926, when 150 babies were given it (145 boys, #503 among boys’ names). The 20 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,906 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,558 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 12 | #7,016 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,266 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,237 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,057 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,636 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,846 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 6 | #11,161 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,129 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10 | #7,712 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,304 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 14 | #6,085 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,747 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,325 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,230 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,344 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 14 | #6,005 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,583 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,886 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,323 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,870 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,203 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,953 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,451 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,171 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,236 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,739 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,288 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,616 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,600 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,107 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,494 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,364 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,477 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,599 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,249 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,388 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,923 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,136 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,774 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,251 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,723 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,939 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,101 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,644 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,468 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,450 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,121 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,474 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,152 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,073 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,873 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,483 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,949 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,743 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,616 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,773 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,771 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,010 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,554 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,551 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,526 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,266 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,493 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,307 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,455 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,225 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,109 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,107 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 60 | #954 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 60 | #926 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 56 | #955 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,074 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 64 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 50 | #987 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 60 | #880 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,015 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 68 | #745 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 55 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 70 | #783 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 72 | #756 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 68 | #753 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 64 | #775 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 60 | #788 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 84 | #653 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 69 | #733 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 72 | #700 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 79 | #670 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 85 | #655 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 74 | #698 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 103 | #584 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 106 | #572 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 88 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 109 | #573 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 118 | #562 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 119 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 145 | #503 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 129 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 135 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 147 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 141 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 144 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 129 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 104 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 114 | #569 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 119 | #532 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 102 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 124 | #498 | 0.15 |
| 1914 | 109 | #462 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 61 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 57 | #522 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 24 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 16 | #763 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 12 | #859 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 22 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 10 | #889 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 15 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 8 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 7 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 8 | #861 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 7 | #957 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 8 | #794 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 10 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 7 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 11 | #674 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 11 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 8 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 7 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 6 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 10 | #613 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,050 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 10 | #638 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 8 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 7 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 5 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 6 | #869 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Elwin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elwin has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Elwin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elwin, and how old are they?
1,510 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 29% of the 5,181 Americans ever recorded as Elwin. The median Elwin alive today is 63 years old; half are between 32 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 1,890 people named Elwin (36 women and girls, 1,854 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,759 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 245 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 535 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 185 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 189 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 193 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 157 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elwin born?
The states with the most babies named Elwin are New York, Michigan and Nebraska, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Nebraska is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 311 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 298 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Nebraska | 122 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Illinois | 117 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Maine | 109 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 101 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Vermont | 100 | not ranked | 6.7× |
| California | 92 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 70 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Iowa | 62 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Elwin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elwin is most over-represented in Vermont: since 1910 it was given 6.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elwin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 8,599 babies since 1880, Elwin is the most given (60% of them). In 2025 it was given to 20 of their 38 babies (53%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elwin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elwin and names like it
- Compare Elwin and ElwynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sElwin peaked in 1926.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elwin since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Elwin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elwin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.