Boy

Eldred

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
—
under 5 boys
Peak
#529
in 1917
1950
#1,325
rank

Eldred: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #529 in 1917.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #529 in 1917. No US babies were recorded with the name Eldred in 2025.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #529 in 1917.

Babies in 2025
0
Since 1880
4,040
Years on record
107

Babies named Eldred, every year since 1880

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Boys

Eldred: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #529 in 1917 · most boys in one year: 122 (1921).

About the name Eldred

Fewer than five US boys were named Eldred in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #529, reached in 1917. The most boys given the name in a single year was 122, in 1921. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,325 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Eldred in 107 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 4,040 US babies have been given the name, 7.3% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,182 babies named Eldred.

In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US boys named Eldred.

Rarer spellings such as Eldrid are summarised on this page.

Meaning

Meaning not yet researched.

We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.

Related spellings

No related spellings pass our data threshold.

Rare spellings summarised here: Eldrid (28).

Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.

Nicknames

No nicknames listed for Eldred in the open dataset we use.

Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
2012——6#11,201
2006——9#8,191
2001——6#9,628
2000——9#6,999
1998——7#7,825
1996——5#9,427
1995——5#9,272
1994——6#8,076
1993——10#5,467
1992——11#4,982
1991——6#7,549
1990——12#4,482
1989——10#4,926
1988——7#5,954
1987——11#4,047
1986——7#5,504
1985——10#4,140
1984——12#3,524
1983——12#3,466
1982——9#4,335
1981——14#3,087
1980——13#3,309
1979——10#3,890
1978——13#3,112
1977——11#3,449
1976——6#5,119
1975——20#2,235
1974——11#3,192
1973——16#2,433
1972——15#2,462
1971——19#2,154
1970——30#1,554
1969——22#1,778
1968——26#1,551
1967——30#1,391
1966——27#1,488
1965——22#1,683
1964——18#1,922
1963——27#1,519
1962——27#1,526
1961——31#1,445
1960——20#1,829
1959——36#1,307
1958——26#1,537
1957——49#1,093
1956——38#1,238
1955——28#1,467
1954——27#1,473
1953——34#1,291
1952——33#1,300
1951——30#1,354
1950——30#1,325
1949——25#1,472
1948——31#1,300
19475#5,53937#1,195
1946——32#1,243
1945——29#1,232
1944——28#1,264
1943——26#1,376
1942——44#1,012
19418#3,33451#892
1940——39#1,035
19395#4,43160#787
1938——49#900
19378#3,23153#838
19365#4,38033#1,148
1935——56#837
1934——57#831
19339#2,94758#814
19325#4,60170#750
19315#4,51480#668
193010#2,90581#692
19297#3,77490#651
192811#2,82794#643
19276#4,43995#650
19268#3,66193#655
19258#3,775102#622
192414#2,566102#636
192314#2,505118#576
192225#1,69694#665
192146#1,131122#572
192015#2,381118#575
19199#3,28192#634
191811#2,86898#622
191711#2,747120#529
19169#3,09684#637
191511#2,581102#559
19149#2,48481#547
19136#2,92362#550
1912——44#627
19118#1,83122#674
19106#2,21417#734
1909——13#815
1908——9#966
1907——8#1,022
1905——14#641
1904——9#827
1902——14#596
1901——5#1,097
1898——9#763
1896——9#787
1895——7#907
1894——5#1,132
1892——8#816
1889——6#907
1883——7#746
1882——5#976

About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).