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Elden

Gender
Boy
Say it
EL-den
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,239 for boys

Elden is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).

What does Elden mean?

English: English surname, a variant of Eldon

Also familiar from the title of the 2022 video game Elden Ring.

Is Elden a girl's or a boy's name?

Elden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elden in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,329th among boys
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 110% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Elden, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 boys.

Half of all the boys named Elden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were given Elden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,763, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 10 in 20172025
Elden in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20246#3,335
20239#2,468
20225#3,639
20214#4,188
20200–
20196#3,184
20184#4,169
201710#2,306
20168#2,690
20156#3,149
20144#4,063
20133#4,884
20123#4,999
20117#2,736
20101#6,148
20093#4,691
20084#3,836
20070–
20063#4,204
20053#3,992

How popular is Elden in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,239th among boys
Babies in 2025
36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Elden, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 1922, with 141 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.

Half of all the boys named Elden in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 104 boys in the US were given Elden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,443, up from #3,239 for this spelling alone.

1884Busiest: 141 in 19222025
Elden in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202536#3,239
202442#2,957
202335#3,345
202243#2,917
202141#2,971
202037#3,073
201932#3,493
201846#2,673
201742#2,839
201645#2,688
201538#3,021
201436#3,088
201331#3,403
201232#3,368
201127#3,790
201029#3,632
200918#5,100
200825#4,041
200731#3,442
200622#4,219
200531#3,237
200427#3,452
200315#5,030
200213#5,388
200114#5,135
200015#4,779
199910#6,036
199814#4,645
199720#3,450
199615#4,179
199511#5,118
199418#3,590
199317#3,655
199219#3,331
199111#4,752
199016#3,601
19897#6,222
198811#4,157
198714#3,334
198620#2,598
198514#3,213
19847#4,969
198312#3,410
198214#3,107
198118#2,568
198014#3,097
197915#2,896
197820#2,279
197718#2,458
197618#2,416
197517#2,448
197418#2,275
197327#1,696
197221#1,966
197120#2,051
197019#2,057
196935#1,351
196828#1,477
196728#1,448
196629#1,427
196535#1,294
196435#1,326
196333#1,353
196240#1,229
196136#1,321
196036#1,319
195959#1,003
195851#1,070
195760#980
195659#968
195555#1,010
195448#1,081
195345#1,090
195258#931
195141#1,122
195049#988
194953#945
194849#1,000
194776#787
194666#810
194559#809
194461#801
194380#721
194271#760
194170#739
194084#659
193984#647
193885#648
193795#593
193680#653
1935119#530
1934133#496
193381#642
193296#600
1931113#550
1930105#584
1929123#524
1928102#606
1927128#548
1926113#585
1925135#528
1924141#531
1923127#545
1922141#520
1921123#570
1920129#539
1919110#571
1918124#538
191791#620
1916123#509
191593#589
191472#591
191346#658
191242#649
191117#792
191013#859
190911#893
19085#1,372
190715#664
19066#1,110
19057#1,001
19048#874
19037#910
19020–
19017#857
19008#967
18998#786
18988#803
18977#851
18967#899
18950–
18945#1,073
18930–
18926#955
18910–
18900–
18899#673
18880–
18870–
18860–
18850–
18846#848

Names like Elden

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Stanley, Reuben, Chester, Leo, Harris, Ellis, Arthur, Edward, Freddie, Louie, Leon, Archie

Other spellings of Elden

Eldon, Eldin

Names related to Elden

Alden

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elden, updated 20 October 2026.