Elgin
#2,045 most common boys' name of all time · #4,898 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among boys
#2,045
Rank overall
#4,898 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
4,002
Since 2016
143
Peak year
1927 #804
Best rank
#665 1890
Girls
Boys
peak 78/yr
Elgin first appears in 1886. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,746 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,788 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,309 |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,338 |
| 2021 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,125 |
| 2020 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,464 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,121 |
| 2018 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,364 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,067 |
| 2016 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,632 |
| 2015 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,991 |
| 2014 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,557 |
| 2013 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,942 |
| 2012 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,374 |
| 2011 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,230 |
| 2010 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,270 |
| 2009 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,835 |
| 2008 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,289 |
| 2007 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,505 |
| 2006 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,793 |
| 2005 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,546 |
| 2003 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,289 |
| 2002 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,809 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,136 |
| 2000 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,542 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,784 |
| 1998 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,210 |
| 1997 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,983 |
| 1996 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,212 |
| 1995 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,211 |
| 1994 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,562 |
| 1993 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,588 |
| 1991 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,056 |
| 1990 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,816 |
| 1989 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,306 |
| 1988 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,883 |
| 1987 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,800 |
| 1986 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1985 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,881 |
| 1984 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,537 |
| 1983 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,033 |
| 1982 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,221 |
| 1981 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1980 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,705 |
| 1979 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,394 |
| 1978 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,308 |
| 1977 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,680 |
| 1976 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,265 |
| 1975 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,536 |
| 1974 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,393 |
| 1973 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,469 |
| 1972 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,168 |
| 1971 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,073 |
| 1970 | — | 67 | 67 | #993 |
| 1969 | — | 68 | 68 | #923 |
| 1968 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,107 |
| 1967 | — | 56 | 56 | #975 |
| 1966 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,051 |
| 1965 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,116 |
| 1964 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,138 |
| 1963 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,230 |
| 1962 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,099 |
| 1961 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,139 |
| 1960 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,370 |
| 1959 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,273 |
| 1958 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,793 |
| 1957 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,333 |
| 1956 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,400 |
| 1955 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1954 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,366 |
| 1953 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,343 |
| 1952 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,254 |
| 1951 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,499 |
| 1950 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,134 |
| 1949 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,177 |
| 1948 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1947 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,421 |
| 1945 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 1944 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,385 |
| 1943 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,163 |
| 1942 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,149 |
| 1941 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,061 |
| 1940 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,241 |
| 1939 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,406 |
| 1938 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,140 |
| 1937 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,197 |
| 1936 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1935 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,031 |
| 1934 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,201 |
| 1933 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,236 |
| 1932 | 7 | 30 | 37 | #1,246 |
| 1931 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,317 |
| 1930 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,032 |
| 1929 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,090 |
| 1928 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1927 | 9 | 69 | 78 | #804 |
| 1926 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #1,206 |
| 1925 | — | 58 | 58 | #886 |
| 1924 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,029 |
| 1923 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #1,037 |
| 1922 | 6 | 62 | 68 | #880 |
| 1921 | — | 60 | 60 | #907 |
| 1920 | — | 69 | 69 | #810 |
| 1919 | — | 66 | 66 | #806 |
| 1918 | — | 62 | 62 | #839 |
| 1917 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #943 |
| 1916 | — | 49 | 49 | #908 |
| 1915 | 6 | 42 | 48 | #973 |
| 1914 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 1913 | — | 27 | 27 | #962 |
| 1912 | — | 25 | 25 | #910 |
| 1911 | — | 14 | 14 | #919 |
| 1910 | — | 15 | 15 | #817 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,381 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #918 |
| 1905 | — | 12 | 12 | #735 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,326 |
| 1902 | — | 10 | 10 | #790 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | #846 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,428 |
| 1899 | — | 8 | 8 | #852 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,038 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,202 |
| 1890 | — | 10 | 10 | #665 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #867 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,087 |