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Eldon

Pronounced /ˈɛl.dən/

Rank in 2024
#2,244
Born in 2024
64
Peak year
1926 · #211
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 64 boys were named Eldon, about 1 in every 26,802.
  • It peaked in 1926 with 647 babies, ranked #211.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 26,041 boys have been named Eldon since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Eldon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.5
    Greatest
  2. 0.4
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 8,184 babies, 0.49 per 1,000. Silent: 8,995 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,808 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,572 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 807 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 741 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 737 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈɛl.dən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Eldon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Alden

    Rank
    #578
    Born '24
    492
    Origin
    Old English
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Elden

    Rank
    #2,977
    Born '24
    42
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19222024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Aldon

    Rank
    #5,219
    Born '24
    19
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19292024