How Many People Are Named Elwin?
people named Elwin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 220,791 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,181 babies named Elwin in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
150 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALVIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Elwin in English. Counting Elwin and these spellings together, about 2,429 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elwin in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elwin alive today is about 54 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 32 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elwin first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1926, to 150 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elwin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #462, in 1914. In 2025 it ranked #4,906.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,906 |
| Best rank | #462 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #534 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elwin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elwin were born in New York than in any other state: about 51 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elwin was given 24.2 times as often in Vermont, 10.4 times in Maine and 6.3 times in Nebraska.
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