Elam

Where Elam comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Elam.

Elam through the years
  1. 1818
    Elam Greeley born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1898
    Peak, #744
    9 babies named Elam, its best rank.
  4. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1984
    Elam Rotem born
    composer, singer and harpsichordist
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Elam Rotem · composer, singer and harpsichordist, born 1984
  • Elam Greeley · American politician, 1818–1882
  • Elam J. Anderson · academic administrator, 1890–1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.