How Many People Are Named Eldon?
people named Eldon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 39,928 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,157 babies named Eldon in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
647 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Eldon (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eldon alive today is about 58 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eldon first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1926, to 647 babies. In 2025, 60 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eldon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #209, in 1927. In 2025 it ranked #2,311.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,311 |
| Best rank | #209 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #221 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eldon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eldon were born in California than in any other state: about 534 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eldon was given 5.9 times as often in Kansas, 5.1 times in Idaho and 5.1 times in Nebraska.
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