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Elwood: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 81 in 2025. Its best rank was #204 in 1915.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #204 in 1915; #1,921 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elwood in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,921 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1915, at #204.
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Elwood: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 81 boys in 2025. Peak: #204 in 1915 · most boys in one year: 613 (1921).
In 2025, 81 US boys were named Elwood, making it the 1,921st most common boys’ name of the year, up 183 places from #2,104 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 71 boys named Elwood in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #204, reached in 1915. The most boys given the name in a single year was 613, in 1921. For comparison, it was #2,440 in 2015 and #498 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elwood in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 23 babies with the name. In all, 20,839 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,534 babies named Elwood.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 494 US boys were named Elwood; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 81. In 2025 that was about 1 in 21,087 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elwood ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #832 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ellwood (1,979 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Woody.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 7 | #832 | — |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,054 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,155 | #1,018 |
| California | 8 | #1,879 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 81 | #1,921 |
| 2024 | — | — | 71 | #2,104 |
| 2023 | — | — | 41 | #3,021 |
| 2022 | — | — | 43 | #2,931 |
| 2021 | — | — | 50 | #2,595 |
| 2020 | — | — | 42 | #2,856 |
| 2019 | — | — | 33 | #3,440 |
| 2018 | — | — | 39 | #3,011 |
| 2017 | — | — | 43 | #2,812 |
| 2016 | — | — | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2015 | — | — | 52 | #2,440 |
| 2014 | — | — | 36 | #3,107 |
| 2013 | — | — | 29 | #3,603 |
| 2012 | — | — | 20 | #4,745 |
| 2011 | — | — | 17 | #5,271 |
| 2010 | — | — | 19 | #4,895 |
| 2009 | — | — | 15 | #5,890 |
| 2008 | — | — | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2007 | — | — | 13 | #6,370 |
| 2006 | — | — | 11 | #7,066 |
| 2005 | — | — | 11 | #6,768 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,245 |
| 2003 | — | — | 10 | #6,878 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #11,214 |
| 2001 | — | — | 11 | #6,149 |
| 2000 | — | — | 14 | #5,116 |
| 1999 | — | — | 15 | #4,603 |
| 1998 | — | — | 15 | #4,474 |
| 1997 | — | — | 15 | #4,312 |
| 1996 | — | — | 17 | #3,882 |
| 1995 | — | — | 7 | #7,239 |
| 1994 | — | — | 15 | #4,154 |
| 1993 | — | — | 11 | #5,114 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #4,987 |
| 1991 | — | — | 20 | #3,154 |
| 1990 | — | — | 20 | #3,091 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,317 |
| 1988 | — | — | 17 | #3,113 |
| 1987 | — | — | 17 | #2,985 |
| 1986 | — | — | 21 | #2,545 |
| 1985 | — | — | 17 | #2,865 |
| 1984 | — | — | 17 | #2,732 |
| 1983 | — | — | 19 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | — | — | 30 | #1,869 |
| 1981 | — | — | 32 | #1,781 |
| 1980 | — | — | 34 | #1,708 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1978 | — | — | 42 | #1,444 |
| 1977 | — | — | 25 | #1,962 |
| 1976 | — | — | 41 | #1,396 |
| 1975 | — | — | 37 | #1,463 |
| 1974 | — | — | 39 | #1,375 |
| 1973 | — | — | 50 | #1,169 |
| 1972 | — | — | 43 | #1,267 |
| 1971 | — | — | 57 | #1,083 |
| 1970 | — | — | 54 | #1,120 |
| 1969 | — | — | 65 | #951 |
| 1968 | — | — | 66 | #886 |
| 1967 | — | — | 69 | #863 |
| 1966 | — | — | 77 | #832 |
| 1965 | — | — | 75 | #850 |
| 1964 | — | — | 103 | #754 |
| 1963 | — | — | 93 | #791 |
| 1962 | — | — | 108 | #738 |
| 1961 | — | — | 104 | #756 |
| 1960 | — | — | 120 | #714 |
| 1959 | — | — | 120 | #704 |
| 1958 | — | — | 131 | #667 |
| 1957 | — | — | 144 | #640 |
| 1956 | — | — | 153 | #612 |
| 1955 | — | — | 157 | #585 |
| 1954 | — | — | 192 | #526 |
| 1953 | — | — | 164 | #551 |
| 1952 | — | — | 194 | #502 |
| 1951 | — | — | 208 | #472 |
| 1950 | — | — | 179 | #498 |
| 1949 | — | — | 206 | #460 |
| 1948 | — | — | 239 | #433 |
| 1947 | — | — | 270 | #416 |
| 1946 | — | — | 239 | #411 |
| 1945 | — | — | 223 | #402 |
| 1944 | — | — | 253 | #376 |
| 1943 | — | — | 287 | #362 |
| 1942 | — | — | 285 | #358 |
| 1941 | — | — | 303 | #331 |
| 1940 | — | — | 288 | #337 |
| 1939 | — | — | 280 | #331 |
| 1938 | — | — | 315 | #309 |
| 1937 | — | — | 326 | #298 |
| 1936 | — | — | 299 | #309 |
| 1935 | — | — | 314 | #305 |
| 1934 | — | — | 375 | #277 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,197 | 385 | #268 |
| 1932 | — | — | 375 | #281 |
| 1931 | — | — | 422 | #269 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,749 | 462 | #260 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,794 | 405 | #275 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,934 | 479 | #258 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,979 | 534 | #244 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,076 | 542 | #240 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,584 | 571 | #229 |
| 1924 | — | — | 606 | #221 |
| 1923 | — | — | 566 | #234 |
| 1922 | — | — | 592 | #227 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,826 | 613 | #215 |
| 1920 | — | — | 586 | #220 |
| 1919 | — | — | 589 | #211 |
| 1918 | — | — | 572 | #215 |
| 1917 | — | — | 528 | #212 |
| 1916 | — | — | 526 | #210 |
| 1915 | — | — | 529 | #204 |
| 1914 | — | — | 373 | #215 |
| 1913 | — | — | 322 | #206 |
| 1912 | — | — | 262 | #212 |
| 1911 | — | — | 114 | #237 |
| 1910 | — | — | 93 | #250 |
| 1909 | — | — | 66 | #279 |
| 1908 | — | — | 59 | #282 |
| 1907 | — | — | 52 | #297 |
| 1906 | — | — | 49 | #290 |
| 1905 | — | — | 36 | #340 |
| 1904 | — | — | 52 | #265 |
| 1903 | — | — | 58 | #241 |
| 1902 | — | — | 33 | #342 |
| 1901 | — | — | 48 | #251 |
| 1900 | — | — | 51 | #290 |
| 1899 | — | — | 34 | #300 |
| 1898 | — | — | 35 | #326 |
| 1897 | — | — | 49 | #250 |
| 1896 | — | — | 35 | #317 |
| 1895 | — | — | 43 | #269 |
| 1894 | — | — | 33 | #306 |
| 1893 | — | — | 29 | #324 |
| 1892 | — | — | 40 | #290 |
| 1891 | — | — | 34 | #278 |
| 1890 | — | — | 24 | #361 |
| 1889 | — | — | 29 | #326 |
| 1888 | — | — | 31 | #325 |
| 1887 | — | — | 24 | #333 |
| 1886 | — | — | 31 | #309 |
| 1885 | — | — | 28 | #321 |
| 1884 | — | — | 26 | #346 |
| 1883 | — | — | 24 | #341 |
| 1882 | — | — | 29 | #319 |
| 1881 | — | — | 29 | #298 |
| 1880 | — | — | 23 | #356 |
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).