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.

Elward

#9,510 most common boys' name of all time · #24,067 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1959

Rank among boys
#9,510
Rank overall
#24,067 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
306
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #2,100
Best rank
#2,070 1931
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
19201940

Elward first appears in 1912. 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
1959 — 7 7 #3,407
1954 — 6 6 #3,581
1951 — 6 6 #3,501
1949 — 6 6 #3,454
1948 — 8 8 #2,891
1947 — 8 8 #2,982
1944 — 6 6 #3,256
1943 — 6 6 #3,362
1940 — 5 5 #3,634
1939 — 6 6 #3,273
1938 — 8 8 #2,757
1937 — 7 7 #3,028
1936 — 9 9 #2,555
1935 — 6 6 #3,419
1933 — 10 10 #2,481
1932 — 6 6 #3,524
1931 — 14 14 #2,070
1930 — 9 9 #2,904
1929 — 7 7 #3,371
1928 — 10 10 #2,746
1927 — 12 12 #2,481
1926 — 12 12 #2,519
1925 — 6 6 #3,875
1924 — 10 10 #2,925
1923 — 16 16 #2,100
1922 — 14 14 #2,318
1921 — 11 11 #2,740
1920 — 13 13 #2,421
1919 — 10 10 #2,777
1918 — 9 9 #2,995
1917 — 8 8 #3,074
1916 — 8 8 #3,040
1915 — 8 8 #2,944
1914 — 8 8 #2,574
1913 — 5 5 #3,028
1912 — 6 6 #2,469