Eldon is an established boys' name that peaked in 1926 and has since faded.
Eldon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,311 for boy births in the United States (and #4,974 across all names), given to 60 babies. Eldon first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1926 (647 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,311 |
| 2024 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,243 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,253 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,198 |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,387 |
| 2020 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,275 |
| 2019 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,982 |
| 2018 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,358 |
| 2017 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,981 |
| 2016 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,366 |
| 2014 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,124 |
| 2013 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,781 |
| 2012 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,306 |
| 2011 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,750 |
| 2009 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,916 |
| 2008 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,386 |
| 2007 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,879 |
| 2006 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,260 |
| 2005 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,473 |
| 2004 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,254 |
| 2003 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,589 |
| 2002 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,478 |
| 2001 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,355 |
| 2000 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,179 |
| 1999 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,364 |
| 1998 | 49 | 49 | — | #1,968 |
| 1997 | 48 | — | — | #1,913 |
| 1996 | 33 | — | — | #2,398 |
| 1995 | 39 | — | — | #2,113 |
| 1994 | 47 | — | — | #1,834 |
| 1993 | 40 | — | — | #2,020 |
| 1992 | 39 | — | — | #2,013 |
| 1991 | 56 | — | — | #1,549 |
| 1990 | 49 | — | — | #1,669 |
| 1989 | 55 | — | — | #1,499 |
| 1988 | 46 | — | — | #1,581 |
| 1987 | 57 | — | — | #1,301 |
| 1986 | 47 | — | — | #1,463 |
| 1985 | 59 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1984 | 62 | — | — | #1,156 |
| 1983 | 65 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1982 | 47 | — | — | #1,383 |
| 1981 | 66 | — | — | #1,127 |
| 1980 | 78 | — | — | #1,025 |
| 1979 | 59 | — | — | #1,180 |
| 1978 | 67 | — | — | #1,061 |
| 1977 | 82 | — | — | #942 |
| 1976 | 94 | — | — | #861 |
| 1975 | 101 | — | — | #827 |
| 1974 | 89 | — | — | #851 |
| 1973 | 85 | — | — | #862 |
| 1972 | 91 | — | — | #842 |
| 1971 | 119 | — | — | #751 |
| 1970 | 137 | — | — | #710 |
| 1969 | 115 | — | — | #727 |
| 1968 | 102 | — | — | #737 |
| 1967 | 113 | — | — | #699 |
| 1966 | 106 | — | — | #723 |
| 1965 | 135 | — | — | #645 |
| 1964 | 143 | — | — | #650 |
| 1963 | 145 | — | — | #652 |
| 1962 | 167 | — | — | #601 |
| 1961 | 166 | — | — | #617 |
| 1960 | 178 | — | — | #583 |
| 1959 | 181 | — | — | #583 |
| 1958 | 197 | — | — | #551 |
| 1957 | 216 | — | — | #526 |
| 1956 | 248 | — | — | #482 |
| 1955 | 252 | — | — | #466 |
| 1954 | 276 | — | — | #436 |
| 1953 | 275 | — | — | #420 |
| 1952 | 298 | — | — | #400 |
| 1951 | 288 | — | — | #400 |
| 1950 | 292 | — | — | #395 |
| 1949 | 339 | — | — | #369 |
| 1948 | 363 | — | — | #352 |
| 1947 | 436 | — | — | #327 |
| 1946 | 347 | — | — | #351 |
| 1945 | 352 | — | — | #315 |
| 1944 | 393 | — | #3,801 | #308 |
| 1943 | 449 | — | — | #289 |
| 1942 | 448 | — | — | #284 |
| 1941 | 434 | — | — | #275 |
| 1940 | 485 | — | — | #248 |
| 1939 | 494 | — | — | #237 |
| 1938 | 462 | — | #4,510 | #255 |
| 1937 | 491 | — | — | #237 |
| 1936 | 540 | — | — | #216 |
| 1935 | 514 | — | — | #228 |
| 1934 | 568 | — | — | #215 |
| 1933 | 535 | — | — | #216 |
| 1932 | 552 | — | #4,600 | #220 |
| 1931 | 567 | — | #4,009 | #221 |
| 1930 | 575 | — | — | #224 |
| 1929 | 588 | — | #3,470 | #221 |
| 1928 | 579 | — | — | #227 |
| 1927 | 640 | — | — | #209 |
| 1926 | 647 | — | — | #211 |
| 1925 | 595 | — | — | #223 |
| 1924 | 597 | — | — | #225 |
| 1923 | 591 | — | — | #219 |
| 1922 | 612 | — | #4,128 | #220 |
| 1921 | 596 | — | — | #225 |
| 1920 | 523 | — | #4,541 | #243 |
| 1919 | 517 | — | — | #233 |
| 1918 | 529 | — | #4,431 | #230 |
| 1917 | 444 | — | #4,791 | #239 |
| 1916 | 424 | — | — | #246 |
| 1915 | 401 | — | — | #242 |
| 1914 | 295 | — | — | #250 |
| 1913 | 243 | — | — | #240 |
| 1912 | 153 | — | — | #288 |
| 1911 | 64 | — | — | #340 |
| 1910 | 62 | — | — | #316 |
| 1909 | 39 | — | — | #390 |
| 1908 | 38 | — | — | #375 |
| 1907 | 38 | — | — | #362 |
| 1906 | 38 | — | — | #337 |
| 1905 | 26 | — | — | #423 |
| 1904 | 26 | — | — | #410 |
| 1903 | 27 | — | — | #373 |
| 1902 | 24 | — | — | #417 |
| 1901 | 19 | — | — | #436 |
| 1900 | 20 | — | — | #537 |
| 1899 | 21 | — | — | #404 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | — | #672 |
| 1897 | 15 | — | — | #523 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | — | #561 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | — | #751 |
| 1894 | 14 | — | — | #548 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | — | #670 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #878 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | — | #658 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #832 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | — | #596 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | — | #623 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #702 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | — | #787 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #659 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #887 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | — | #666 |