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Eldridge

Boys' name · Early 20th-century

Living in the US
~2,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#10,695 among boys
Births in 2025
6 5,247 since 1880
Typical age
60 years, median

Eldridge popularity over time

Eldridge rank by birth year, 1880–2025Eldridge ranked #505 in 1880 and #10,695 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #419, in 1894.#1,000#10,000#10,695best #419 in 189418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1924: 120 births recorded as Eldridge. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Eldridge has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 76 years.

In 2025 it ranked #10,695 with 6 births. Compared with 2015, births are up 20%. Year on year the rank dropped by 2930.

Babies named Eldridge per yearPeaks at 120 births in 1924.120 in 1924018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Eldridge?

An estimated 2,100 living Americans are called Eldridge. That is out of 5,247 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Eldridge?

Median age among living Eldridges: 60. The 1950s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Eldridge a early 20th-century name.

Your Eldridge

Ages of living people named EldridgeHalf of living Eldridges are older than 60 and half younger.median 60020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Notable people named Eldridge

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Eldridge Cleaver American activist 1935–1998 23
Eldridge R. Johnson American businessman and inventor 1867–1945 10
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