Masculine dossier · first seen 1893

Elwyn

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

104

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1893Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

90.4%

2024

All-time

3,218

Elwyn 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 104 boys were named Elwyn.

In 2024, only 10 boys were given the name.

Down 90.4% from its peak.

All told, about 3,218 Americans have been named Elwyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1893.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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