Masculine dossier · first seen 1911

Elson

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1911Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

53.6%

2024

All-time

1,313

Elson 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 1924, when 28 boys were named Elson.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 53.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,313 Americans have been named Elson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1911.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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