Name meaning & stats
Elwood
Elwood. 6,697 US babies since 1940, peak 1941.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 1941
6,697 US babies were named Elwood between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Elwood (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
- Elwood 94%
- Ellwood 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1941)