Eldred is an uncommon boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Eldred is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Eldred was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1921 (122 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,201 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,191 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,628 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,999 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | — | #7,825 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | — | #9,427 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,272 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | — | #8,076 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | — | #5,467 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | — | #4,982 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | — | #7,549 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | — | #4,482 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | — | #4,926 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #5,954 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | — | #4,047 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | — | #5,504 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,140 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | — | #3,524 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,466 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,335 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | — | #3,087 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,309 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | — | #3,890 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | — | #3,112 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,449 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #5,119 |
| 1975 | 20 | — | — | #2,235 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | — | #3,192 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | — | #2,433 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | — | #2,462 |
| 1971 | 19 | — | — | #2,154 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | — | #1,554 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | — | #1,778 |
| 1968 | 26 | — | — | #1,551 |
| 1967 | 30 | — | — | #1,391 |
| 1966 | 27 | — | — | #1,488 |
| 1965 | 22 | — | — | #1,683 |
| 1964 | 18 | — | — | #1,922 |
| 1963 | 27 | — | — | #1,519 |
| 1962 | 27 | — | — | #1,526 |
| 1961 | 31 | — | — | #1,445 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | — | #1,829 |
| 1959 | 36 | — | — | #1,307 |
| 1958 | 26 | — | — | #1,537 |
| 1957 | 49 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | — | #1,467 |
| 1954 | 27 | — | — | #1,473 |
| 1953 | 34 | — | — | #1,291 |
| 1952 | 33 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1951 | 30 | — | — | #1,354 |
| 1950 | 30 | — | — | #1,325 |
| 1949 | 25 | — | — | #1,472 |
| 1948 | 31 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1947 | 42 | — | #5,539 | #1,195 |
| 1946 | 32 | — | — | #1,243 |
| 1945 | 29 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | — | #1,376 |
| 1942 | 44 | — | — | #1,012 |
| 1941 | 59 | — | #3,334 | #892 |
| 1940 | 39 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1939 | 65 | — | #4,431 | #787 |
| 1938 | 49 | — | — | #900 |
| 1937 | 61 | — | #3,231 | #838 |
| 1936 | 38 | — | #4,380 | #1,148 |
| 1935 | 56 | — | — | #837 |
| 1934 | 57 | — | — | #831 |
| 1933 | 67 | — | #2,947 | #814 |
| 1932 | 75 | — | #4,601 | #750 |
| 1931 | 85 | — | #4,514 | #668 |
| 1930 | 91 | — | #2,905 | #692 |
| 1929 | 97 | — | #3,774 | #651 |
| 1928 | 105 | — | #2,827 | #643 |
| 1927 | 101 | — | #4,439 | #650 |
| 1926 | 101 | — | #3,661 | #655 |
| 1925 | 110 | — | #3,775 | #622 |
| 1924 | 116 | — | #2,566 | #636 |
| 1923 | 132 | — | #2,505 | #576 |
| 1922 | 119 | — | #1,696 | #665 |
| 1921 | 168 | — | #1,131 | #572 |
| 1920 | 133 | — | #2,381 | #575 |
| 1919 | 101 | — | #3,281 | #634 |
| 1918 | 109 | — | #2,868 | #622 |
| 1917 | 131 | — | #2,747 | #529 |
| 1916 | 93 | — | #3,096 | #637 |
| 1915 | 113 | — | #2,581 | #559 |
| 1914 | 90 | — | #2,484 | #547 |
| 1913 | 68 | — | #2,923 | #550 |
| 1912 | 44 | — | — | #627 |
| 1911 | 30 | — | #1,831 | #674 |
| 1910 | 23 | — | #2,214 | #734 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | — | #815 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | — | #966 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,022 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | — | #641 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #827 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | — | #596 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,097 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | — | #763 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | — | #787 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | — | #907 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | — | #816 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #907 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #746 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #976 |