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.

Ellwood

#3,158 most common boys' name of all time · #7,662 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2021

Rank among boys
#3,158
Rank overall
#7,662 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
1,979
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1918 #697
Best rank
#635 1901
Girls Boys peak 82/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ellwood first appears in 1882. 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
2021 7 7 #9,745
2018 5 5 #12,204
2017 5 5 #12,286
1990 5 5 #8,178
1974 7 7 #4,223
1972 5 5 #5,049
1970 5 5 #4,781
1969 6 6 #3,985
1967 6 6 #3,613
1966 6 6 #3,577
1964 9 9 #2,884
1963 7 7 #3,365
1962 9 9 #2,880
1960 10 10 #2,723
1958 18 18 #1,905
1957 14 14 #2,206
1956 13 13 #2,284
1955 11 11 #2,454
1954 15 15 #2,056
1953 14 14 #2,112
1952 17 17 #1,876
1951 17 17 #1,858
1950 14 14 #2,042
1949 15 15 #1,964
1948 23 23 #1,530
1947 25 25 #1,490
1946 34 34 #1,201
1945 13 13 #1,949
1944 39 39 #1,062
1943 17 17 #1,782
1942 31 31 #1,256
1941 13 13 #2,019
1940 21 21 #1,486
1939 23 23 #1,403
1938 21 21 #1,487
1937 28 28 #1,276
1936 21 21 #1,475
1935 24 24 #1,399
1934 28 28 #1,277
1933 32 32 #1,171
1932 38 38 #1,097
1931 27 27 #1,347
1930 39 39 #1,127
1929 49 49 #969
1928 43 43 #1,067
1927 63 63 #855
1926 59 59 #874
1925 52 52 #938
1924 77 77 #767
1923 67 67 #826
1922 60 60 #900
1921 62 62 #888
1920 80 80 #729
1919 67 67 #794
1918 82 82 #697
1917 69 69 #757
1916 73 73 #697
1915 55 55 #828
1914 41 41 #845
1913 34 34 #824
1912 34 34 #749
1911 14 14 #915
1910 13 13 #908
1909 7 7 #1,208
1908 13 13 #773
1907 13 13 #767
1906 11 11 #789
1904 10 10 #797
1903 7 7 #977
1901 12 12 #635
1900 5 5 #1,391
1898 11 11 #696
1897 10 10 #717
1896 7 7 #951
1895 9 9 #790
1892 5 5 #1,170
1890 5 5 #1,095
1888 5 5 #1,114
1887 6 6 #899
1884 7 7 #835
1882 5 5 #1,042