Elson
Elson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192428 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1911
- 1,313people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,313 boys have been named Elson in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 28 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1920s alone account for 13%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 107 | |
| 1920s | 167 | |
| 1930s | 123 | |
| 1940s | 127 | |
| 1950s | 88 | |
| 1960s | 68 | |
| 1970s | 91 | |
| 1980s | 96 | |
| 1990s | 106 | |
| 2000s | 124 | |
| 2010s | 148 | |
| 2020s | 68 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Elson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Elson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aldonpeak 1929
- Kalmanpeak 2017
- Oneilpeak 1924
- Donatopeak 1926
- Vaughanpeak 2006
- Constantinopeak 1922
- Constantinepeak 2014
- Ivenpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.