Elden Boy
How popular is Elden?
#3,239 boy name in 2025
36 baby boys were named Elden in the US in 2025, making it the 3239th most popular boy name.
Elden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,239 for boys (▼ 282 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 36 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-5% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,021 in 2015, #3,073 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (141 boys) |
| Highest rank | #496 in 1934 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eldon family of names ranked #1,403 for boys in 2025 (#1,311 the year before), with 104 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eldon | 60 | 58% |
| Elden | 36 | 35% |
| Eldin | 8 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elden is most popular
Babies named Elden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
Elden by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #673 |
| 1890s | 41 | #786 |
| 1900s | 74 | #664 |
| 1910s | 731 | #509 |
| 1920s | 1,262 | #520 |
| 1930s | 991 | #496 |
| 1940s | 669 | #659 |
| 1950s | 525 | #931 |
| 1960s | 335 | #1,229 |
| 1970s | 193 | #1,696 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,568 |
| 1990s | 151 | #3,331 |
| 2000s | 211 | #3,237 |
| 2010s | 358 | #2,673 |
| 2020s | 234 | #2,917 |
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Questions
- Is Elden a boy or girl name?
- Elden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elden were boys.
- How popular is the name Elden?
- 36 baby boys were named Elden in the US in 2025, making it the 3239th most popular boy name.
- When was Elden most popular?
- Elden peaked in 1922, when 141 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #496 in 1934.
- How many people are named Elden?
- 5,932 babies have been named Elden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,384 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 54.
- Where is Elden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elden was most common in Utah, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.