How Many People Are Named Eldred?
people named Eldred are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 339,072 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,040 babies named Eldred in Social Security records from 1882 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
168 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from EALDRÆD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Eldred, 2% were girls and 98% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Eldred fell from 10% in the 1910s to 0% in the 1980s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eldred alive today is about 63 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eldred first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1921, to 168 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2012
🏆 Rank History
Eldred has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #529, in 1917.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #529 (1917) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #629 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eldred alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eldred were born in Alabama than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eldred was given 6.4 times as often in Minnesota, 5.1 times in Wisconsin and 4.8 times in Iowa.
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