# Eldridge (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eldridge/  
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 | 5,247 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,247 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 8,985 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,017 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,957 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,331 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,604 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,112 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,085 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,346 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,185 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,000 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,361 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,579 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,155 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,923 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,041 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |

## People named Eldridge

- Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (1935–1998)
- Eldridge R. Johnson, American businessman and inventor (1867-1945)
- Superstar Billy Graham, American wrestler (1943–2023)

## 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.