Eldean
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Eldean has been given to 366 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% girls, 39% boys all-time.
Babies named Eldean, 1954
1 in 796,000
Eldean over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Eldean over time
In 1956, Eldean went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Eldean?
Eldean had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1954, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1954
- 1 in 796,000
- 5 of 3,979,464 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 388,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1954
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 551,672 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Eldean sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1954 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 551,672 children born in 1954 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eldean. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Eldeans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Eldean was born before 1931 — so the typical Eldean is around 94 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 32.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 56.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 12
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 32.3% of all recorded uses (72).
Is Eldean rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1921 (14)
- Years since peak
- 104
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 35.7% average annual change
Spellings of Eldean
Eldean is not the most common spelling — Ellen is, with 78.2% against Eldean's 0.06%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Eldean around the world
Where Eldean ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1992–1992#538in 1992
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Eldean by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Eldean
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Eldean
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.