Boy
Eldon
As a boy's name, Eldon traces back to Old English, where it is understood to mean "Old English place name". It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 25,474 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
Old EnglishOld English place name
Etymology"Ella's hill"
Births by decade
1900s
295
1910s
3,132
1920s
5,968
1930s
5,296
1940s
4,044
1950s
2,522
1960s
1,370
1970s
925
1980s
582
1990s
438
2000s
455
2010s
447
Peaked in the 1920s · 25,474 total U.S. births since 1900