Elward

Boy · recorded 1912–1959

  • 1959last recorded
  • 1923best year

Most popular in 1923.

Last recorded in 1959. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Elward.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1912

081519121924193619471959

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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 36 recorded years as a table
Elward, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
191310
191412
19159
19169
19179
19189
191910
192012
192110
192213
192315
19249
19255
192611
192711
19289
19297
19308
193113
19326
193310
19356
19369
19377
19387
19395
19404
19434
19444
19474
19485
19493
19513
19543
19593

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elward 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 1959
7
Rank in 1959
#3,290
How rare
1 in 304,931 boys
Since 1912
306

Elward was last recorded in 1959. 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 1923, at 15 per million boys born.

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

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