Eldridge
Boy · EL-drij · Old English
Eldridge is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “old ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Eldridge mean?
Old English: English surname from the Old English name Ealdric
“old ruler”
Eldridge Cleaver was a leading figure in the Black Panther Party.
- Say it
- EL-drij
Is Eldridge a girl's or a boy's name?
Eldridge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eldridge in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Eldridge, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 120 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Eldridge than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Eldridge in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eldridge in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,335 |
| 1976 | 38 | #1,453 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,157 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,250 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,273 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,164 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,020 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,205 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,080 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,000 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 58 | #976 |
| 1955 | 62 | #948 |
| 1954 | 56 | #995 |
| 1953 | 55 | #965 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 56 | #917 |
| 1949 | 64 | #855 |
| 1948 | 60 | #878 |
| 1947 | 75 | #793 |
| 1946 | 52 | #925 |
| 1945 | 69 | #736 |
| 1944 | 67 | #761 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 72 | #755 |
| 1941 | 66 | #762 |
| 1940 | 73 | #711 |
| 1939 | 61 | #776 |
| 1938 | 60 | #799 |
| 1937 | 65 | #757 |
| 1936 | 68 | #729 |
| 1935 | 72 | #716 |
| 1934 | 60 | #798 |
| 1933 | 74 | #694 |
| 1932 | 74 | #722 |
| 1931 | 59 | #816 |
| 1930 | 82 | #689 |
| 1929 | 95 | #627 |
| 1928 | 92 | #652 |
| 1927 | 109 | #592 |
| 1926 | 115 | #573 |
| 1925 | 95 | #654 |
| 1924 | 120 | #582 |
| 1923 | 85 | #701 |
| 1922 | 87 | #698 |
| 1921 | 102 | #630 |
| 1920 | 104 | #619 |
| 1919 | 89 | #649 |
| 1918 | 94 | #632 |
| 1917 | 94 | #612 |
| 1916 | 81 | #650 |
| 1915 | 84 | #632 |
| 1914 | 66 | #622 |
| 1913 | 54 | #597 |
| 1912 | 55 | #539 |
| 1911 | 22 | #667 |
| 1910 | 16 | #755 |
| 1909 | 22 | #558 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 17 | #603 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 20 | #419 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 9 | #652 |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
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