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.

Ellwyn

#16,728 most common boys' name of all time · #43,697 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1947

Rank among boys
#16,728
Rank overall
#43,697 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
82
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #3,176
Best rank
#2,811 1938
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940

Ellwyn first appears in 1915. 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
1947 — 5 5 #4,044
1942 — 5 5 #3,854
1940 — 5 5 #3,748
1938 — 8 8 #2,811
1934 — 7 7 #3,199
1929 — 5 5 #4,299
1927 — 6 6 #4,055
1926 — 7 7 #3,623
1925 — 6 6 #4,019
1923 — 8 8 #3,401
1922 — 6 6 #4,128
1920 — 9 9 #3,176
1915 — 5 5 #4,205