Elgin
Boy · EL-gin · Scottish
Elgin is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Elgin mean?
Scottish: Scottish place name and noble title
The Elgin Marbles were removed from the Parthenon by the 7th Earl of Elgin in the early 1800s.
- Say it
- EL-gin
Is Elgin a girl's or a boy's name?
Elgin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elgin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Elgin, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had fewer boys named Elgin than any year since 1909.
Half of all the boys named Elgin in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elgin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,530 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,390 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,464 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,163 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,070 |
| 1970 | 67 | #989 |
| 1969 | 68 | #920 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,135 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,264 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,244 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,377 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,155 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,227 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,125 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,095 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,020 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,021 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,078 |
| 1927 | 69 | #799 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 58 | #882 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,020 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,026 |
| 1922 | 62 | #871 |
| 1921 | 60 | #901 |
| 1920 | 69 | #805 |
| 1919 | 66 | #799 |
| 1918 | 62 | #831 |
| 1917 | 47 | #934 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 42 | #962 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 27 | #950 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 14 | #895 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
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