How rare is the name Eldon?

10,189 people in the United States have the first name Eldon, about 1 in 29,643. It ranks #2,436 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELDON

#2,436

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,189
About
1 in 29,643
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,189 people named Eldon, 87.3% reported their origin as White, 4% as Black and 2.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Eldon peaked in 1926, when 647 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1926
Births that year
647
In 2025*
60 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 26,157 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Eldon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #489. The largest share of babies named Eldon, 34.5%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,60260
1890s#1,478117
1900s#1,042295
1910s#5543,132
1920s#4895,968
1930s#4965,298
1940s#6714,046
1950s#1,0212,523
1960s#1,5251,370
1970s#2,055924
1980s#3,088582
1990s#4,669438
2000s#5,704456
2010s#5,094578
2020s#4,849370
Before 19010.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2731.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4534.5%
Baby boom 1946–6418.4%
Generation X 1965–806%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–122.8%
2013 and later3.1%

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.

Where Eldon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eldon has been most common in Kansas (7.5×), Nebraska (7×), and Iowa (6.5×), and least common in Florida (0.06×).

20,566 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Eldon

1 other first name also has 10,189 people.

#2,436 Leopoldo · 10,189

Either side of Eldon

#2,434 Cristopher · 10,195#2,435 Macey · 10,192#2,436 Leopoldo · 10,189#2,438 Farrah · 10,175

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,418 Elton · 10,295#6,591 Elden · 2,417#13,851 Eldin · 862

Also a last name

As a last name, Eldon ranks #76,032 of 156,621, with 273 people. See Eldon as a last name

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