Elwin is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1926 and has since faded.
Elwin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,907 for boy births in the United States (and #10,376 across all names), given to 20 babies. Elwin first appears in 1882 and peaked in 1923 (147 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,907 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,563 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,021 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,270 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,242 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,061 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,640 |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,850 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,166 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,134 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,717 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,309 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,091 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,752 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,331 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,235 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,349 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,008 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,588 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,891 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,328 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,877 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,210 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,959 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,459 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,177 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,242 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | — | #4,745 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | — | #5,295 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | — | #5,622 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | — | #4,606 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | — | #5,113 |
| 1992 | 18 | — | — | #3,500 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | — | #3,370 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | — | #4,483 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | — | #4,605 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | — | #4,254 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,393 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | — | #2,926 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,141 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | — | #3,777 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | — | #4,253 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | — | #4,725 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | — | #2,941 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | — | #5,103 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | — | #3,646 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | — | #3,469 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,452 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,123 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | — | #2,476 |
| 1974 | 20 | — | — | #2,153 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | — | #3,075 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | — | #2,875 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | — | #2,484 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | — | #2,951 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | — | #2,744 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | — | #2,617 |
| 1967 | 20 | — | — | #1,774 |
| 1966 | 19 | — | — | #1,772 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | — | #2,011 |
| 1964 | 26 | — | — | #1,555 |
| 1963 | 26 | — | — | #1,552 |
| 1962 | 27 | — | — | #1,527 |
| 1961 | 39 | — | — | #1,267 |
| 1960 | 29 | — | — | #1,494 |
| 1959 | 36 | — | — | #1,308 |
| 1958 | 29 | — | — | #1,456 |
| 1957 | 41 | — | — | #1,226 |
| 1956 | 47 | — | — | #1,110 |
| 1955 | 45 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1954 | 60 | — | — | #955 |
| 1953 | 60 | — | — | #927 |
| 1952 | 56 | — | — | #956 |
| 1951 | 45 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1950 | 64 | — | — | #856 |
| 1949 | 50 | — | — | #988 |
| 1948 | 60 | — | — | #881 |
| 1947 | 50 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1946 | 46 | — | — | #1,005 |
| 1945 | 68 | — | — | #745 |
| 1944 | 55 | — | — | #855 |
| 1943 | 70 | — | — | #783 |
| 1942 | 72 | — | — | #756 |
| 1941 | 68 | — | — | #753 |
| 1940 | 64 | — | — | #775 |
| 1939 | 60 | — | — | #788 |
| 1938 | 84 | — | — | #653 |
| 1937 | 69 | — | — | #733 |
| 1936 | 72 | — | — | #700 |
| 1935 | 79 | — | — | #670 |
| 1934 | 85 | — | — | #655 |
| 1933 | 74 | — | — | #698 |
| 1932 | 103 | — | — | #584 |
| 1931 | 106 | — | — | #572 |
| 1930 | 88 | — | — | #665 |
| 1929 | 109 | — | — | #573 |
| 1928 | 118 | — | — | #562 |
| 1927 | 119 | — | — | #565 |
| 1926 | 150 | — | #5,075 | #503 |
| 1925 | 129 | — | — | #540 |
| 1924 | 135 | — | — | #545 |
| 1923 | 147 | — | — | #502 |
| 1922 | 141 | — | — | #521 |
| 1921 | 144 | — | — | #516 |
| 1920 | 129 | — | — | #540 |
| 1919 | 104 | — | — | #587 |
| 1918 | 114 | — | — | #569 |
| 1917 | 119 | — | — | #532 |
| 1916 | 102 | — | — | #565 |
| 1915 | 124 | — | — | #498 |
| 1914 | 109 | — | — | #462 |
| 1913 | 61 | — | — | #554 |
| 1912 | 57 | — | — | #522 |
| 1911 | 24 | — | — | #630 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | — | #763 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #859 |
| 1908 | 22 | — | — | #543 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | — | #890 |
| 1906 | 15 | — | — | #625 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #945 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | — | #998 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | — | #861 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | — | #958 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #795 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #859 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | — | #882 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | — | #675 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | — | #660 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | — | #816 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | — | #889 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #997 |
| 1891 | 10 | — | — | #613 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | — | #638 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | — | #770 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #772 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #939 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #870 |