Elder Boy
How popular is Elder?
#2,718 boy name in 2025
47 baby boys were named Elder in the US in 2025, making it the 2718th most popular boy name.
Elder popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,718 for boys (▼ 325 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 47 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,430 in 2015, #3,495 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (58 boys) |
| Highest rank | #548 in 1899 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elder counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elder family of names ranked #2,034 for boys in 2025 (#1,795 the year before), with 54 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elder | 47 | 87% |
| Eldar | 7 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elder is most popular
Babies named Elder per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Elder by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #682 |
| 1890s | 48 | #548 |
| 1900s | 49 | #784 |
| 1910s | 191 | #980 |
| 1920s | 213 | #1,353 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,538 |
| 1940s | 94 | #1,894 |
| 1950s | 59 | #2,320 |
| 1960s | 30 | #3,336 |
| 1970s | 49 | #3,368 |
| 1980s | 70 | #3,128 |
| 1990s | 233 | #2,391 |
| 2000s | 422 | #2,245 |
| 2010s | 373 | #2,581 |
| 2020s | 269 | #2,393 |
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Questions
- Is Elder a boy or girl name?
- Elder is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elder were boys.
- How popular is the name Elder?
- 47 baby boys were named Elder in the US in 2025, making it the 2718th most popular boy name.
- When was Elder most popular?
- Elder peaked in 2024, when 58 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #548 in 1899.
- How many people are named Elder?
- 2,320 babies have been named Elder in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,530 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Elder most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elder was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.