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.

Elson

#4,022 most common boys' name of all time · #9,848 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among boys
#4,022
Rank overall
#9,848 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
1,333
Since 2016
149
Peak year
1924 #1,448
Best rank
#1,448 1924
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
192019401960198020002020

Elson first appears in 1911. 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 — 20 20 #4,874
2024 — 13 13 #6,502
2023 — 14 14 #6,247
2022 — 10 10 #7,809
2021 — 15 15 #5,790
2020 — 16 16 #5,472
2019 — 14 14 #6,139
2018 — 18 18 #5,125
2017 — 17 17 #5,319
2016 — 12 12 #6,762
2015 — 11 11 #7,095
2014 — 16 16 #5,500
2013 — 14 14 #5,958
2012 — 25 25 #4,020
2011 — 14 14 #5,969
2010 — 7 7 #9,770
2009 — 12 12 #6,847
2008 — 10 10 #7,753
2007 — 22 22 #4,394
2006 — 14 14 #5,813
2005 — 12 12 #6,260
2004 — 11 11 #6,569
2003 — 10 10 #6,767
2002 — 8 8 #7,711
2001 — 14 14 #5,167
2000 — 11 11 #5,969
1999 — 10 10 #6,103
1998 — 12 12 #5,200
1997 — 14 14 #4,480
1996 — 8 8 #6,553
1995 — 6 6 #7,883
1994 — 8 8 #6,437
1993 — 12 12 #4,739
1992 — 11 11 #4,923
1991 — 12 12 #4,519
1990 — 13 13 #4,207
1989 — 9 9 #5,219
1988 — 11 11 #4,223
1987 — 11 11 #4,007
1986 — 8 8 #4,936
1985 — 8 8 #4,775
1984 — 9 9 #4,276
1983 — 8 8 #4,569
1982 — 15 15 #2,996
1981 — 6 6 #5,577
1980 — 11 11 #3,668
1979 — 14 14 #3,052
1977 — 8 8 #4,239
1976 — 6 6 #5,061
1975 — 15 15 #2,672
1974 — 11 11 #3,178
1973 — 6 6 #4,627
1972 — 9 9 #3,421
1971 — 12 12 #2,867
1970 — 10 10 #3,141
1969 — 9 9 #3,153
1968 — 10 10 #2,797
1966 — 6 6 #3,648
1965 — 5 5 #4,058
1964 — 6 6 #3,724
1963 — 11 11 #2,593
1962 — 9 9 #2,923
1961 — 5 5 #4,227
1960 — 7 7 #3,442
1959 — 9 9 #2,902
1958 — 8 8 #3,119
1957 — 6 6 #3,706
1956 — 7 7 #3,334
1955 — 10 10 #2,648
1954 — 8 8 #3,049
1953 — 8 8 #2,989
1952 — 15 15 #2,043
1951 — 10 10 #2,579
1950 — 7 7 #3,135
1949 — 16 16 #1,915
1948 — 15 15 #2,002
1947 — 15 15 #2,034
1946 — 9 9 #2,617
1945 — 13 13 #1,987
1944 — 12 12 #2,148
1943 — 12 12 #2,238
1942 — 11 11 #2,332
1941 — 8 8 #2,770
1940 — 16 16 #1,782
1939 — 12 12 #2,121
1938 — 9 9 #2,567
1937 — 14 14 #1,962
1936 — 18 18 #1,626
1935 — 10 10 #2,466
1934 — 8 8 #2,861
1933 — 15 15 #1,886
1932 — 10 10 #2,569
1931 — 14 14 #2,058
1930 — 13 13 #2,254
1929 — 13 13 #2,273
1928 — 12 12 #2,458
1927 — 10 10 #2,806
1926 — 14 14 #2,254
1925 — 19 19 #1,854
1924 — 28 28 #1,448
1923 — 15 15 #2,186
1922 — 21 21 #1,743
1921 — 14 14 #2,337
1920 — 21 21 #1,738
1919 — 18 18 #1,862
1918 — 21 21 #1,696
1917 — 17 17 #1,874
1916 — 16 16 #1,926
1915 — 9 9 #2,730
1914 — 7 7 #2,765
1913 — 6 6 #2,650
1912 — 6 6 #2,434
1911 — 7 7 #1,530