How Many People Are Named Elwyn?
people named Elwyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 387,951 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,336 babies named Elwyn in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
104 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 Elwyn in English. Counting Elwyn and these spellings together, about 2,429 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Elwyn, 5.4% were girls and 94.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 4% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elwyn alive today is about 55 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 32 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elwyn first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 1924, to 104 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elwyn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #595, in 1912. In 2025 it ranked #6,559.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,559 |
| Best rank | #595 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #671 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elwyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elwyn were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 17 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elwyn was given 7.3 times as often in Michigan, 2.7 times in California and 2.7 times in New York.
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