Eldora vs Eldred
American parents have registered 4,065 Eldoras since 1880, against 4,040 Eldreds. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Eldora Eldred
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 124 years in which either name was published, Eldred for 70 years and Eldora for 54 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.
- 1884–1912 Eldora ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1913–1922 Eldred ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1923–1945 Eldora ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1946–2012 Eldred ahead, apart from one short spell
14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Eldora | Eldred | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,065 | 4,040 |
| Most in one year | 156 | 168 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 710 | 1,000 |
| Median age today | 78 | 64 |
| Peak year | 1923 | 1921 |
| Best rank | 574th girls | 572nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1882 |
| Girls / boys | 4,065 / 0 | 294 / 3,746 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Eldoras alive today are over 78; half the Eldreds are over 64. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Eldora South Dakota (11.2×), North Dakota (7.7×), Minnesota (7.3×)
- Eldred Iowa (7.2×), Minnesota (7.2×), Wisconsin (5.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Eldora and Eldred.