Elwood — #2129 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elwood

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,702 babies named Elwood between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elwood currently holds the #2129 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 613 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elwood performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,494 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elwood shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 3,743 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Elwood in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elwood 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 20,702 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.