Meaning not yet researched.
Elgin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7 in 2025. Its best rank was #639 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #639 in 1890; #9,982 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elgin in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#9,982 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #639.
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Elgin: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7 boys in 2025. Peak: #639 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 69 (1927).
In 2025, 7 US boys were named Elgin, making it the 9,982nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,057 places from #7,925 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 10 boys named Elgin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #639, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 69, in 1927. For comparison, it was #4,011 in 2015 and #1,127 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elgin in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1886 with 5 babies. In all, 4,002 US babies have been given the name, 1.1% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 557 babies named Elgin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 143 US boys were named Elgin; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 23. In 2025 that was about 1 in 244,011 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Elgene and Elgan are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elgene (118), Elgan (12).
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.
No nicknames listed for Elgin in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 7 | #9,982 |
| 2024 | — | — | 10 | #7,925 |
| 2023 | — | — | 11 | #7,408 |
| 2022 | — | — | 9 | #8,495 |
| 2021 | — | — | 18 | #5,182 |
| 2020 | — | — | 16 | #5,523 |
| 2019 | — | — | 14 | #6,186 |
| 2018 | — | — | 23 | #4,400 |
| 2017 | — | — | 14 | #6,124 |
| 2016 | — | — | 21 | #4,665 |
| 2015 | — | — | 26 | #4,011 |
| 2014 | — | — | 21 | #4,586 |
| 2013 | — | — | 14 | #6,001 |
| 2012 | — | — | 32 | #3,399 |
| 2011 | — | — | 23 | #4,263 |
| 2010 | — | — | 17 | #5,317 |
| 2009 | — | — | 27 | #3,853 |
| 2008 | — | — | 34 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | — | — | 21 | #4,539 |
| 2006 | — | — | 26 | #3,818 |
| 2005 | — | — | 39 | #2,763 |
| 2004 | — | — | 26 | #3,561 |
| 2003 | — | — | 28 | #3,305 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,826 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,173 |
| 2000 | — | — | 23 | #3,567 |
| 1999 | — | — | 14 | #4,842 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,221 |
| 1997 | — | — | 25 | #3,015 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,237 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,225 |
| 1994 | — | — | 29 | #2,574 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #2,967 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,648 |
| 1991 | — | — | 36 | #2,063 |
| 1990 | — | — | 43 | #1,819 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,316 |
| 1988 | — | — | 35 | #1,890 |
| 1987 | — | — | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1986 | — | — | 28 | #2,068 |
| 1985 | — | — | 31 | #1,878 |
| 1984 | — | — | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1983 | — | — | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1982 | — | — | 23 | #2,222 |
| 1981 | — | — | 39 | #1,556 |
| 1980 | — | — | 34 | #1,707 |
| 1979 | — | — | 45 | #1,395 |
| 1978 | — | — | 48 | #1,306 |
| 1977 | — | — | 32 | #1,682 |
| 1976 | — | — | 20 | #2,266 |
| 1975 | — | — | 34 | #1,540 |
| 1974 | — | — | 38 | #1,396 |
| 1973 | — | — | 34 | #1,473 |
| 1972 | — | — | 49 | #1,166 |
| 1971 | — | — | 58 | #1,072 |
| 1970 | — | — | 67 | #993 |
| 1969 | — | — | 68 | #929 |
| 1968 | — | — | 46 | #1,103 |
| 1967 | — | — | 56 | #973 |
| 1966 | — | — | 49 | #1,046 |
| 1965 | — | — | 45 | #1,115 |
| 1964 | — | — | 46 | #1,133 |
| 1963 | — | — | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1962 | — | — | 49 | #1,095 |
| 1961 | — | — | 48 | #1,141 |
| 1960 | — | — | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1959 | — | — | 38 | #1,268 |
| 1958 | — | — | 20 | #1,785 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,322 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,398 |
| 1955 | — | — | 25 | #1,548 |
| 1954 | — | — | 31 | #1,367 |
| 1953 | — | — | 32 | #1,340 |
| 1952 | — | — | 35 | #1,252 |
| 1951 | — | — | 25 | #1,496 |
| 1950 | — | — | 40 | #1,127 |
| 1949 | — | — | 37 | #1,168 |
| 1948 | — | — | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | — | — | 29 | #1,374 |
| 1946 | — | — | 25 | #1,416 |
| 1945 | — | — | 27 | #1,279 |
| 1944 | — | — | 24 | #1,375 |
| 1943 | — | — | 35 | #1,159 |
| 1942 | — | — | 36 | #1,145 |
| 1941 | — | — | 38 | #1,055 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,235 |
| 1939 | — | — | 23 | #1,407 |
| 1938 | — | — | 33 | #1,134 |
| 1937 | — | — | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1936 | — | — | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1935 | — | — | 39 | #1,026 |
| 1934 | — | — | 31 | #1,196 |
| 1933 | — | — | 29 | #1,236 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,672 | 30 | #1,239 |
| 1931 | — | — | 28 | #1,314 |
| 1930 | — | — | 45 | #1,025 |
| 1929 | — | — | 41 | #1,080 |
| 1928 | — | — | 42 | #1,082 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,367 | 69 | #802 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,061 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1925 | — | — | 58 | #885 |
| 1924 | — | — | 48 | #1,021 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,165 | 47 | #1,033 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,606 | 62 | #873 |
| 1921 | — | — | 60 | #903 |
| 1920 | — | — | 69 | #806 |
| 1919 | — | — | 66 | #803 |
| 1918 | — | — | 62 | #832 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,793 | 47 | #938 |
| 1916 | — | — | 49 | #899 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,917 | 42 | #967 |
| 1914 | — | — | 28 | #1,080 |
| 1913 | — | — | 27 | #953 |
| 1912 | — | — | 25 | #899 |
| 1911 | — | — | 14 | #902 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #791 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,319 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #887 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #715 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,261 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #759 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #793 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,370 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #804 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #977 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,128 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #639 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #823 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,008 |
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).