Elward

Popularity Trends

The name Elward is the #7,433 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 306 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,280 (6.6% percentile) for all time with 306 births since 1912.

Elward first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Elward is available in 36 out of the 48 years between 1912 and 1959. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Elward reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #540) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1959.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elward".

1912 1959 19121959

Key Statistics

Total Births

306

Peak Births

Peak Year

1923

First Recorded

1912

Peak Percentile

2.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#540

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Elward.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Elward", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Elward.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Elward's popularity from 1909 to 1962 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Elward at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Elward range from Wilbern at 90.8% correlation to Eual at 88.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 89.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Maxine with 114.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Seymore with 259 births (100% boys).

Elward's share of births peaked at 14.1 births per million for boys in 1923. It reached its lowest point of 2.9 births per million (21% of peak) in 1954. In 1959, the most recent period with data, the name Elward had 3.2 births per million, 23% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Wilbern

578

90.78% (very strong)

Seymore

259

90.47% (very strong)

Luverne

1,913

90.14% (very strong)

Milfred

496

90.03% (very strong)

Mazel

391

89.70% (very strong)

Elynor

486

89.70% (very strong)

Philmore

350

89.67% (very strong)

Veryl

1,060

89.39% (very strong)

Maxine

114.8k

88.71% (very strong)

Bernis

535

88.70% (very strong)

Wilferd

481

88.70% (very strong)

Eual

393

88.68% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Elward

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Elward. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 88.2% confident that Elward is pronounced as EHL-werd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ehl-WERD, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.

EHL-werd

88.2%

ehl-WERD

11.8%

EHL-werd (2 syllables)

88.2% confidence

EH1 L W ER0 D

ehl-WERD (2 syllables)

11.8% confidence

EH0 L W ER1 D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like EH1 L W ER0 D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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