How Many People Are Named Ellwood?
people named Ellwood are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,088,486 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,979 babies named Ellwood in Social Security records from 1882 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
82 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ellwood in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ellwood alive today is about 70 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ellwood first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1918, to 82 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Ellwood has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #612, in 1901.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #612 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #866 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ellwood alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ellwood were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 49 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ellwood was given 15 times as often in Maryland and 8.1 times in Pennsylvania.
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