Quick answers about Ellwood
How many people are named Ellwood?
An estimated 255 living Americans are named Ellwood.
How rare is Ellwood?
Ellwood fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Ellwood?
The median age of a living American named Ellwood is approximately 73 years, with most bearers falling between 63 and 80 years old.
Is Ellwood still popular?
Not especially. Ellwood has been declining since its 1918 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Ellwood most common?
Ellwood has its strongest geographic signal in Maryland, where it appears 8.4× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Ellwood is most concentrated in Maryland — about 8.4× the national rate in the 1920s. It also runs high in Pennsylvania.
States where Ellwood is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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