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.

Elwin

#1,698 most common boys' name of all time · #4,118 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,698
Rank overall
#4,118 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
5,181
Since 2016
139
Peak year
1926 #504
Best rank
#464 1914
Girls Boys peak 150/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Elwin 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
2025 — 20 20 #4,862
2024 — 13 13 #6,486
2023 — 12 12 #6,909
2022 — 18 18 #5,223
2021 — 11 11 #7,098
2020 — 14 14 #5,996
2019 — 16 16 #5,567
2018 — 15 15 #5,780
2017 — 6 6 #10,812
2016 — 14 14 #6,063
2014 — 10 10 #7,577
2013 — 9 9 #8,135
2012 — 14 14 #6,010
2011 — 15 15 #5,690
2010 — 9 9 #8,164
2009 — 8 8 #9,007
2008 — 11 11 #7,205
2007 — 14 14 #5,909
2006 — 12 12 #6,474
2005 — 17 17 #4,835
2004 — 15 15 #5,260
2003 — 10 10 #6,744
2002 — 11 11 #6,102
2001 — 15 15 #4,900
2000 — 10 10 #6,341
1999 — 10 10 #6,067
1998 — 12 12 #5,174
1997 — 13 13 #4,682
1996 — 11 11 #5,208
1995 — 10 10 #5,522
1994 — 13 13 #4,555
1993 — 11 11 #5,026
1992 — 18 18 #3,471
1991 — 18 18 #3,340
1990 — 12 12 #4,418
1989 — 11 11 #4,547
1988 — 11 11 #4,185
1987 — 14 14 #3,357
1986 — 17 17 #2,906
1985 — 10 10 #4,074
1984 — 11 11 #3,724
1983 — 9 9 #4,170
1982 — 8 8 #4,621
1981 — 15 15 #2,916
1980 — 7 7 #4,969
1979 — 11 11 #3,590
1978 — 11 11 #3,421
1977 — 11 11 #3,411
1976 — 8 8 #4,048
1975 — 17 17 #2,464
1974 — 20 20 #2,139
1973 — 11 11 #3,036
1972 — 12 12 #2,836
1971 — 15 15 #2,480
1970 — 11 11 #2,921
1969 — 11 11 #2,700
1968 — 11 11 #2,608
1967 — 20 20 #1,773
1966 — 19 19 #1,773
1965 — 16 16 #2,004
1964 — 26 26 #1,554
1963 — 26 26 #1,558
1962 — 27 27 #1,524
1961 — 39 39 #1,270
1960 — 29 29 #1,499
1959 — 36 36 #1,308
1958 — 29 29 #1,451
1957 — 41 41 #1,220
1956 — 47 47 #1,110
1955 — 45 45 #1,108
1954 — 60 60 #959
1953 — 60 60 #930
1952 — 56 56 #957
1951 — 45 45 #1,077
1950 — 64 64 #862
1949 — 50 50 #992
1948 — 60 60 #883
1947 — 50 50 #1,019
1946 — 46 46 #1,014
1945 — 68 68 #747
1944 — 55 55 #858
1943 — 70 70 #784
1942 — 72 72 #757
1941 — 68 68 #755
1940 — 64 64 #774
1939 — 60 60 #787
1938 — 84 84 #654
1937 — 69 69 #735
1936 — 72 72 #705
1935 — 79 79 #677
1934 — 85 85 #656
1933 — 74 74 #699
1932 — 103 103 #585
1931 — 106 106 #572
1930 — 88 88 #665
1929 — 109 109 #573
1928 — 118 118 #566
1927 — 119 119 #565
1926 5 145 150 #504
1925 — 129 129 #541
1924 — 135 135 #545
1923 — 147 147 #505
1922 — 141 141 #523
1921 — 144 144 #517
1920 — 129 129 #540
1919 — 104 104 #590
1918 — 114 114 #571
1917 — 119 119 #537
1916 — 102 102 #568
1915 — 124 124 #502
1914 — 109 109 #464
1913 — 61 61 #557
1912 — 57 57 #531
1911 — 24 24 #641
1910 — 16 16 #775
1909 — 12 12 #875
1908 — 22 22 #551
1907 — 10 10 #907
1906 — 15 15 #635
1905 — 8 8 #967
1904 — 7 7 #1,022
1903 — 8 8 #883
1902 — 7 7 #983
1901 — 8 8 #834
1900 — 10 10 #881
1899 — 7 7 #905
1898 — 11 11 #695
1897 — 11 11 #677
1895 — 8 8 #851
1894 — 7 7 #917
1892 — 6 6 #1,018
1891 — 10 10 #633
1890 — 5 5 #1,091
1889 — 10 10 #670
1888 — 8 8 #803
1887 — 7 7 #805
1884 — 5 5 #1,055
1883 — 5 5 #972
1882 — 6 6 #921