Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elden

#1,568 most common boys' name of all time · #3,796 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#1,568
Rank overall
#3,796 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
5,932
Since 2016
399
Peak year
1922 #525
Best rank
#499 1934
Girls Boys peak 141/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Elden first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 36 36 #3,242
2024 — 42 42 #2,963
2023 — 35 35 #3,350
2022 — 43 43 #2,921
2021 — 41 41 #2,974
2020 — 37 37 #3,081
2019 — 32 32 #3,497
2018 — 46 46 #2,675
2017 — 42 42 #2,844
2016 — 45 45 #2,693
2015 — 38 38 #3,028
2014 — 36 36 #3,096
2013 — 31 31 #3,409
2012 — 32 32 #3,372
2011 — 27 27 #3,800
2010 — 29 29 #3,637
2009 — 18 18 #5,115
2008 — 25 25 #4,051
2007 — 31 31 #3,451
2006 — 22 22 #4,233
2005 — 31 31 #3,250
2004 — 27 27 #3,463
2003 — 15 15 #5,047
2002 — 13 13 #5,416
2001 — 14 14 #5,157
2000 — 15 15 #4,802
1999 — 10 10 #6,071
1998 — 14 14 #4,670
1997 — 20 20 #3,467
1996 — 15 15 #4,210
1995 — 11 11 #5,151
1994 — 18 18 #3,613
1993 — 17 17 #3,673
1992 — 19 19 #3,355
1991 — 11 11 #4,787
1990 — 16 16 #3,630
1989 — 7 7 #6,271
1988 — 11 11 #4,190
1987 — 14 14 #3,362
1986 — 20 20 #2,613
1985 — 14 14 #3,232
1984 — 7 7 #5,021
1983 — 12 12 #3,434
1982 — 14 14 #3,131
1981 — 18 18 #2,589
1980 — 14 14 #3,118
1979 — 15 15 #2,913
1978 — 20 20 #2,296
1977 — 18 18 #2,479
1976 — 18 18 #2,437
1975 — 17 17 #2,465
1974 — 18 18 #2,291
1973 — 27 27 #1,704
1972 — 21 21 #1,972
1971 — 20 20 #2,067
1970 — 19 19 #2,068
1969 — 35 35 #1,362
1968 — 28 28 #1,486
1967 — 28 28 #1,456
1966 — 29 29 #1,436
1965 — 35 35 #1,307
1964 — 35 35 #1,335
1963 — 33 33 #1,361
1962 — 40 40 #1,235
1961 — 36 36 #1,330
1960 — 36 36 #1,328
1959 — 59 59 #1,005
1958 — 51 51 #1,074
1957 — 60 60 #984
1956 — 59 59 #972
1955 — 55 55 #1,018
1954 — 48 48 #1,090
1953 — 45 45 #1,096
1952 — 58 58 #935
1951 — 41 41 #1,132
1950 — 49 49 #998
1949 — 53 53 #952
1948 — 49 49 #1,007
1947 — 76 76 #790
1946 — 66 66 #810
1945 — 59 59 #815
1944 — 61 61 #807
1943 — 80 80 #721
1942 — 71 71 #766
1941 — 70 70 #745
1940 — 84 84 #664
1939 — 84 84 #651
1938 — 85 85 #650
1937 — 95 95 #596
1936 — 80 80 #659
1935 5 119 124 #530
1934 — 133 133 #499
1933 — 81 81 #646
1932 — 96 96 #604
1931 — 113 113 #553
1930 — 105 105 #590
1929 — 123 123 #526
1928 — 102 102 #606
1927 — 128 128 #548
1926 6 113 119 #592
1925 — 135 135 #529
1924 — 141 141 #531
1923 — 127 127 #548
1922 — 141 141 #525
1921 — 123 123 #571
1920 — 129 129 #541
1919 — 110 110 #573
1918 — 124 124 #539
1917 — 91 91 #622
1916 — 123 123 #512
1915 — 93 93 #594
1914 — 72 72 #597
1913 — 46 46 #664
1912 — 42 42 #657
1911 — 17 17 #815
1910 — 13 13 #912
1909 — 11 11 #934
1908 — 5 5 #1,462
1907 — 15 15 #693
1906 — 6 6 #1,189
1905 — 7 7 #1,058
1904 — 8 8 #938
1903 — 7 7 #984
1901 — 7 7 #915
1900 — 8 8 #1,027
1899 — 8 8 #847
1898 — 8 8 #870
1897 — 7 7 #924
1896 — 7 7 #960
1894 — 5 5 #1,178
1892 — 6 6 #1,033
1889 — 9 9 #716
1884 — 6 6 #952