Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Eldon

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

Endangered Down 90.1% from peak

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

647

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

90.1%

2024

All-time

26,041

Eldon once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 647 boys were named Eldon.

In 2024, only 64 boys were given the name.

Down 90.1% from its peak.

All told, about 26,041 Americans have been named Eldon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.1% from peak

In 1926:647 boys named Eldon

In 2024:64 boys named Eldon

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