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Elwood
Pronounced /ˈɛlwʊd/
Rank in 2024
#2,142
Born in 2024
69
Peak year
1921 · #215
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 69 boys were named Elwood, about 1 in every 24,860.
- It peaked in 1921 with 613 babies, ranked #215.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 20,702 boys have been named Elwood since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elwood per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.5Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 8,971 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Silent: 6,076 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,123 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 807 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 300 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 216 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 528 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold, which is composed of the Old English elements ælf (“elf”) and weald (“rule”).
- (countable) A surname transferred from the given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈɛlwʊd/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elwood, CC BY-SA 4.0.