Elwyn — #7755 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Elwyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,218 babies named Elwyn between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elwyn currently holds the #7755 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elwyn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 890 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Elwyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 220 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Elwyn in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elwyn 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 3,218 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.