Elder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EL-der
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,718 for boys
Elder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “older, senior”. In 2025 it ranked 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Elder mean?
English: English word, also used as a given name in Latin America
“older, senior”
Is Elder a girl's or a boy's name?
Elder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,718th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Elder, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 58 boys.
Half of all the boys named Elder in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1926, 15% of the babies named Elder in the US were girls.
Elder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,211 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 13 | #548 |
| 1898 | 10 | #700 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Names like Elder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Porter, Miller, Fletcher, Walker, Jasper, Foster, Palmer, Oliver, Turner, Parker, Archer, Emerson
Names related to Elder
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Elder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elder, updated 20 October 2026.