# Elden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,932 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,921 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 92, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 6 | 4,455 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,394 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,824 |
| 2012 | 32 | 3,398 |
| 2013 | 31 | 3,437 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,106 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,040 |
| 2016 | 45 | 2,698 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,854 |
| 2018 | 46 | 2,682 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,514 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,091 |
| 2021 | 41 | 2,989 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,930 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,365 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,970 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,264 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Elden

- Elden Henson, American actor
- Elden Campbell, American basketball player (1968–2025)
- Elden Francis Curtiss, Catholic archbishop
- Gene E. Likens, American ecologist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.