Elwin
Elwin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 462nd, in 1914.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1923147 births
- Best rank
- #462in 1914
- Since 1882
- 5,156people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,156 boys have been named Elwin in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 147 births.
The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 147 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 64 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elwin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | |
| 1890s | 65 | |
| 1900s | 107 | |
| 1910s | 830 | |
| 1920s | 1,316 | |
| 1930s | 820 | |
| 1940s | 603 | |
| 1950s | 483 | |
| 1960s | 224 | |
| 1970s | 127 | |
| 1980s | 113 | |
| 1990s | 128 | |
| 2000s | 123 | |
| 2010s | 108 | |
| 2020s | 68 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Elwin was the 502nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Elwin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Murraypeak 1922
- Milfordpeak 1921
- Bufordpeak 1921
- Merlepeak 1925
- Olenpeak 1922
- Harlandpeak 1922
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Elwoodpeak 1921
Other spellings in the data
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.