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Elwood

Boy

Comeback name

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1921 was its best year: 613 births, or 1 baby in 3,808. After a low point around 2003, parents rediscovered it: about 60 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 1919.
20,786births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 215rank at its peak, in 1921

Where babies named Elwood are born

1921

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The darker the blue, the more common Elwood is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Elwood is most common in Pennsylvania (3.9 times), Virginia (3.5) and Maine (3.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Names from the same era

Gus · Wiley · Monroe · Johnie · Elton · Harris

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