Elden is an uncommon variant of Eldon that peaked in 1922 and has grown less common since.
Elden is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,264 for boy births in the United States (and #7,011 across all names), given to 36 babies. Elden first appears in 1884 and peaked in 1922 (141 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,264 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,970 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,365 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,930 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,989 |
| 2020 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,514 |
| 2018 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,682 |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,854 |
| 2016 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,698 |
| 2015 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,040 |
| 2014 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,106 |
| 2013 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,437 |
| 2012 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,398 |
| 2011 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,824 |
| 2010 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,652 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,155 |
| 2008 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,062 |
| 2007 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,463 |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,267 |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,262 |
| 2004 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,483 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,108 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,494 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,208 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,857 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,173 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | — | #4,721 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | — | #3,491 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | — | #4,236 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | — | #5,242 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | — | #3,640 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | — | #3,708 |
| 1992 | 19 | — | — | #3,376 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | — | #4,864 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | — | #3,655 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,417 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | — | #4,251 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,390 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | — | #2,625 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | — | #3,259 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | — | #5,132 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,465 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | — | #3,165 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | — | #2,603 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | — | #3,146 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | — | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 20 | — | — | #2,307 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | — | #2,488 |
| 1976 | 18 | — | — | #2,449 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | — | #2,474 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | — | #2,304 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | — | #1,707 |
| 1972 | 21 | — | — | #1,988 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | — | #2,074 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | — | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 35 | — | — | #1,362 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | — | #1,484 |
| 1967 | 28 | — | — | #1,455 |
| 1966 | 29 | — | — | #1,432 |
| 1965 | 35 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1964 | 35 | — | — | #1,337 |
| 1963 | 33 | — | — | #1,361 |
| 1962 | 40 | — | — | #1,234 |
| 1961 | 36 | — | — | #1,331 |
| 1960 | 36 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1959 | 59 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1958 | 51 | — | — | #1,074 |
| 1957 | 60 | — | — | #984 |
| 1956 | 59 | — | — | #972 |
| 1955 | 55 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1954 | 48 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1953 | 45 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1952 | 58 | — | — | #932 |
| 1951 | 41 | — | — | #1,126 |
| 1950 | 49 | — | — | #992 |
| 1949 | 53 | — | — | #948 |
| 1948 | 49 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1947 | 76 | — | — | #791 |
| 1946 | 66 | — | — | #810 |
| 1945 | 59 | — | — | #810 |
| 1944 | 61 | — | — | #804 |
| 1943 | 80 | — | — | #722 |
| 1942 | 71 | — | — | #763 |
| 1941 | 70 | — | — | #739 |
| 1940 | 84 | — | — | #661 |
| 1939 | 84 | — | — | #648 |
| 1938 | 85 | — | — | #648 |
| 1937 | 95 | — | — | #593 |
| 1936 | 80 | — | — | #656 |
| 1935 | 124 | — | #4,394 | #530 |
| 1934 | 133 | — | — | #496 |
| 1933 | 81 | — | — | #646 |
| 1932 | 96 | — | — | #600 |
| 1931 | 113 | — | — | #551 |
| 1930 | 105 | — | — | #587 |
| 1929 | 123 | — | — | #524 |
| 1928 | 102 | — | — | #607 |
| 1927 | 128 | — | — | #548 |
| 1926 | 119 | — | #4,455 | #589 |
| 1925 | 135 | — | — | #529 |
| 1924 | 141 | — | — | #531 |
| 1923 | 127 | — | — | #547 |
| 1922 | 141 | — | — | #520 |
| 1921 | 123 | — | — | #571 |
| 1920 | 129 | — | — | #539 |
| 1919 | 110 | — | — | #571 |
| 1918 | 124 | — | — | #539 |
| 1917 | 91 | — | — | #621 |
| 1916 | 123 | — | — | #511 |
| 1915 | 93 | — | — | #594 |
| 1914 | 72 | — | — | #593 |
| 1913 | 46 | — | — | #660 |
| 1912 | 42 | — | — | #652 |
| 1911 | 17 | — | — | #800 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | — | #884 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #911 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,441 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #676 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | — | #1,156 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #908 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #934 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #883 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #986 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | — | #803 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | — | #828 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #872 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #922 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,131 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #994 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | — | #689 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #886 |