Boys' name · peaked in 1926
Eldon name popularity since 1925
19,634 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Eldon. Half of them were born in 1943 or earlier, so the typical Eldon is about 83 years old in 2026. Eldon peaked in 1926 as the #211 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,634
- Named Eldon, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1926
- #211 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,311 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 31 girls · 19,603 boys
- Most popular in
- Kansas
- 7.57× its national share
Peak year is the year Eldon made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Eldon births per year, 1925–2025
1926 was the biggest year for Eldon both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1941 and 1946, Eldon's share of baby boys fell by 40%, from 1 in 2,830 to 1 in 4,680.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Eldon's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Eldon.
Decade by decade
Babies named Eldon in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 8 | 3,041 | – |
| 1930s | 16 | 5,282 | #228 |
| 1940s | 7 | 4,039 | #315 |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,523 | #466 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,370 | #645 |
| 1970s | 0 | 924 | #827 |
| 1980s | 0 | 582 | #1,246 |
| 1990s | 0 | 438 | #2,113 |
| 2000s | 0 | 456 | #2,473 |
| 2010s | 0 | 578 | #2,366 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 370 | #2,311 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.0% of babies named Eldon from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Eldon is most popular
The index compares Eldon's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Eldon.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 7.57× | 1,178 |
| Nebraska | 7.21× | 771 |
| Iowa | 6.25× | 1,212 |
| Oklahoma | 4.52× | 899 |
| Utah | 3.09× | 401 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Eldon and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Eldon (this page) | 19,603 | 1926 |
| Elden | 4,399 | 1916 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Eldon's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Eldon.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Eldon (1926).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data