Ellwood · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ellwood.

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 81 recorded years as a table

Ellwood, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	44
1884	61
1887	59
1888	41
1890	45
1892	41
1895	77
1896	59
1897	89
1898	90
1900	33
1901	113
1903	59
1904	78
1906	83
1907	89
1908	84
1909	43
1910	67
1911	62
1912	79
1913	66
1914	63
1915	65
1916	82
1917	75
1918	81
1919	68
1920	75
1921	56
1922	55
1923	61
1924	68
1925	47
1926	53
1927	56
1928	39
1929	46
1930	36
1931	26
1932	36
1933	32
1934	27
1935	23
1936	20
1937	26
1938	19
1939	21
1940	18
1941	11
1942	22
1943	12
1944	29
1945	10
1946	21
1947	14
1948	13
1949	8
1950	8
1951	9
1952	9
1953	7
1954	7
1955	5
1956	6
1957	6
1958	8
1960	5
1962	4
1963	3
1964	5
1966	3
1967	3
1969	3
1970	3
1972	3
1974	4
1990	2
2017	3
2018	3
2021	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ellwood isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021: 7
Rank in 2021: #9,714
How rare: 1 in 249,926 boys
Since 1882: 1,979

Ellwood was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 113 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ellwood doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.