Elworth — boys' name
26 babies named Elworth in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
81% of everyone ever named Elworth was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Elworth in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elworth
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Elworth between 1921 and 1957, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elworth currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elworth performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Elworth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elworth in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elworth 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 26 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.
Elworth at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elworth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1921
- Peak year (1922)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
26 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 6 births in a single year.
Elworth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 21 births that decade — 81% of Elworth's all-time total
Elworth decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elworth's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
Elworth by state
Where Elworth concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 19.2% |
5 of 26 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 19.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 19.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.