Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Elden

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elden
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

141

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1884Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

70.2%

2024

All-time

5,885

Elden has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 141 boys were named Elden.

In 2024, only 42 boys were given the name.

Down 70.2% from its peak.

All told, about 5,885 Americans have been named Elden and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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