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Elgin
GenderBoy
US Rank#990
Top 1000
About Elgin
The name Elgin is currently ranked #990 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #639 in 1890. It is currently rising in popularity. Elgin is occasionally used for girls in 1932.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,585 | 21 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | #4,011 | 26 | 13.6 |
| 2016 | #4,664 | 21 | 11.1 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,398 | 23 | 12.7 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Famous Elgins
- Elgin Gay Baylor
American basketball player
- Elgin Baylor Lumpkin aka Ginuwine
American rapper; named for Elgin Baylor
- Elgin Turner aka Masta Killa
American rapper
- Elgin James
American filmmaker
- Elgin Baylor Lumpkin
Jr. (b. 1992), son of rapper Ginuwine
Elgin in pop culture
- Destination: "Elgin"
a former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland.
- Gaelic Eilginn from Eilgin
meaning "little Ireland"
- Elgin Marbles
sculptures from the Greek Parthenon, named for Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin
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