# Eldon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eldon/  
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 | /ˈɛl.dən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26,157 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26,102 / 55 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 144, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 5 | 4,791 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4,431 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,541 |
| 1922 | 7 | 4,128 |
| 1929 | 8 | 3,470 |
| 1931 | 6 | 4,009 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,600 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4,510 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3,801 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,482 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,306 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,781 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,124 |
| 2015 | 55 | 2,366 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2,149 |
| 2017 | 72 | 1,981 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,358 |
| 2019 | 74 | 1,982 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,275 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,387 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,198 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,253 |
| 2024 | 64 | 2,243 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,311 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Eldon

- Eldon Rudd, FBI Agent, politician, United States Marine Corps officer (1920-2002)
- Eldon Gorst, British barrister and diplomat and Consul-General in Egypt (1861-1911)
- Jerrold E. Marsden, Canadian-American mathematician

## 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.