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Elgin

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Updated Wed Feb 04 2026
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.
# 990 in the US

Elgin Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Elgin

  • 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

The name 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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