Eldor

Boys' name

Form of Eldar

Eldor has been given to 367 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 31 recorded.

Babies named Eldor, 1937

1 in 237,000

Eldor over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Eldor: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Eldar

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eldor means

Eldor is a form of Eldar.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Eldor is used in Uzbek.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Eldor → Eldar. The family’s meaning is “country, society”, recorded in the naming reference for Eldar.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Eldar.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 367 boys were recorded with the name Eldor between 1912 and 1937. Its highest annual count was 31 in 1921; its best national rank was #1,336 in 1921.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Eldor?

Eldor had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1937, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1937: 1 in 237,000; 9 of 2,130,660 births
Among boys only: 1 in 119,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1937: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 164,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Eldor sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1937 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,097 children born in 1937 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eldor. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eldors were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eldor was born before 1923 — so the typical Eldor is around 102 today.

Median birth year: 1923; About 102 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 49.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 49.6% of all recorded uses (182).

Is Eldor 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: —; 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 (31)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,336; 1921

Spellings of Eldor

Eldor is not the most common spelling — Elmer is, with 46.5% against Eldor's 0.13%.

Elmer46.5%129,591
Eldon9.4%26,102
Elton7.7%21,353
Aldo6.4%17,728
Weldon5.1%14,249
Elmo3.6%10,091
Eloy3.0%8,325
Eliot2.8%7,892

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.

Where Eldor is used

Across 1910–2025, Eldor was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 155,941 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Minnesota1 in 100,000
2Wisconsin1 in 100,000
3Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Eldor has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Eldor by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,336; 1921
Peak year: 1921; 31 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 1937
All-time count: 367
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Eldor

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Eldar Eldin Eldrick Elder Fedor Isidor Eldo Teodor Elden Tudor Eldean Avigdor Fyodor Eldra Eldwin Eldie Eldrige Isador Eldad Andor Eldredge Elda Eldric Sandor

Sibling names for Eldor

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rubie Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella Dortha

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford

Explore around Eldor

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