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.

Eldon

#721 most common boys' name of all time · #1,613 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#721
Rank overall
#1,613 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
26,157
Since 2016
636
Peak year
1926 #211
Best rank
#209 1927
Girls Boys peak 647/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Eldon first appears in 1881. 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 — 60 60 #2,307
2024 — 64 64 #2,237
2023 — 63 63 #2,247
2022 — 66 66 #2,191
2021 — 57 57 #2,377
2020 — 60 60 #2,265
2019 — 74 74 #1,980
2018 — 56 56 #2,356
2017 — 72 72 #1,982
2016 — 64 64 #2,146
2015 — 55 55 #2,357
2014 — 65 65 #2,119
2013 — 42 42 #2,765
2012 — 56 56 #2,296
2011 — 50 50 #2,481
2010 — 44 44 #2,732
2009 — 41 41 #2,899
2008 — 54 54 #2,378
2007 — 41 41 #2,872
2006 — 56 56 #2,253
2005 — 46 46 #2,468
2004 — 51 51 #2,245
2003 — 39 39 #2,585
2002 — 40 40 #2,471
2001 — 42 42 #2,351
2000 — 46 46 #2,176
1999 — 38 38 #2,354
1998 — 49 49 #1,963
1997 — 48 48 #1,914
1996 — 33 33 #2,386
1995 — 39 39 #2,106
1994 — 47 47 #1,824
1993 — 40 40 #2,010
1992 — 39 39 #2,007
1991 — 56 56 #1,548
1990 — 49 49 #1,665
1989 — 55 55 #1,494
1988 — 46 46 #1,578
1987 — 57 57 #1,298
1986 — 47 47 #1,461
1985 — 59 59 #1,245
1984 — 62 62 #1,155
1983 — 65 65 #1,109
1982 — 47 47 #1,385
1981 — 66 66 #1,126
1980 — 78 78 #1,026
1979 — 59 59 #1,182
1978 — 67 67 #1,061
1977 — 82 82 #940
1976 — 94 94 #862
1975 — 101 101 #827
1974 — 89 89 #850
1973 — 85 85 #861
1972 — 91 91 #842
1971 — 119 119 #750
1970 — 137 137 #709
1969 — 115 115 #728
1968 — 102 102 #739
1967 — 113 113 #699
1966 — 106 106 #724
1965 — 135 135 #645
1964 — 143 143 #649
1963 — 145 145 #652
1962 — 167 167 #601
1961 — 166 166 #618
1960 — 178 178 #583
1959 — 181 181 #583
1958 — 197 197 #552
1957 — 216 216 #526
1956 — 248 248 #482
1955 — 252 252 #467
1954 — 276 276 #436
1953 — 275 275 #423
1952 — 298 298 #399
1951 — 288 288 #401
1950 — 292 292 #395
1949 — 339 339 #369
1948 — 363 363 #353
1947 — 436 436 #327
1946 — 347 347 #351
1945 — 352 352 #315
1944 7 386 393 #308
1943 — 449 449 #289
1942 — 448 448 #284
1941 — 434 434 #276
1940 — 485 485 #248
1939 — 494 494 #238
1938 5 457 462 #255
1937 — 491 491 #237
1936 — 540 540 #216
1935 — 514 514 #228
1934 — 568 568 #215
1933 — 535 535 #216
1932 5 547 552 #220
1931 6 561 567 #221
1930 — 575 575 #224
1929 8 580 588 #221
1928 — 579 579 #227
1927 — 640 640 #209
1926 — 647 647 #211
1925 — 595 595 #223
1924 — 597 597 #225
1923 — 591 591 #219
1922 7 605 612 #220
1921 — 596 596 #225
1920 6 517 523 #243
1919 — 517 517 #233
1918 6 523 529 #230
1917 5 439 444 #239
1916 — 424 424 #246
1915 — 401 401 #243
1914 — 295 295 #250
1913 — 243 243 #243
1912 — 153 153 #288
1911 — 64 64 #343
1910 — 62 62 #316
1909 — 39 39 #395
1908 — 38 38 #382
1907 — 38 38 #362
1906 — 38 38 #341
1905 — 26 26 #429
1904 — 26 26 #416
1903 — 27 27 #380
1902 — 24 24 #424
1901 — 19 19 #450
1900 — 20 20 #551
1899 — 21 21 #413
1898 — 11 11 #692
1897 — 15 15 #550
1896 — 14 14 #586
1895 — 9 9 #781
1894 — 14 14 #564
1893 — 10 10 #695
1892 — 7 7 #923
1891 — 9 9 #687
1890 — 7 7 #854
1889 — 11 11 #624
1888 — 11 11 #643
1887 — 8 8 #731
1886 — 7 7 #814
1885 — 9 9 #688
1884 — 6 6 #922
1881 — 8 8 #697