How rare is the name Elder?

4,337 people in the United States have the first name Elder, about 1 in 69,641. It ranks #4,346 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELDER

#4,346

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,337
About
1 in 69,641
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,337 people named Elder, 76% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 15% as White and 6.4% as Black. 93.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elder peaked in 2024, when 58 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
58
In 2025*
47 ▼19%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,320 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elder by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,790. The largest share of babies named Elder, 26.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,79045
1890s#2,20748
1900s#2,69249
1910s#2,684197
1920s#3,029249
1930s#4,074128
1940s#5,07799
1950s#7,56359
1960s#10,83930
1970s#12,02849
1980s#12,38070
1990s#7,273233
2000s#6,029422
2010s#6,870373
2020s#6,052269
Before 19014.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2718.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.2%
Baby boom 1946–644.9%
Generation X 1965–802.9%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226.6%
2013 and later23.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Elder

1 other first name also has 4,337 people.

#4,346 Ariyah · 4,337

Either side of Elder

#4,345 Deepa · 4,338#4,346 Ariyah · 4,337#4,348 Eleanore · 4,335#4,349 Bogdan · 4,334

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elder, most common first.

#18,816 Eldar · 569#48,513 Eldor · 131

Also a last name

As a last name, Elder ranks #1,201 of 156,621, with 28,711 people. See Elder as a last name

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