Elan
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
Given to boys 81.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 136 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,533since 1963
Elan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #2,480 | 54 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #2,637 | 50 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #2,244 | 63 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #1,917 | 81 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #1,710 | 95 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #1,922 | 76 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #1,507 | 113 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #1,489 | 116 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #1,365 | 130 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #1,399 | 125 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #1,453 | 116 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #1,329 | 131 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | #1,340 | 127 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #1,308 | 131 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #1,264 | 136 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | #1,492 | 109 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,688 | 93 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #1,736 | 87 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #1,488 | 107 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #1,823 | 75 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #1,725 | 77 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #1,815 | 68 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #1,466 | 89 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #1,708 | 68 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,591 | 75 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #1,895 | 55 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | #1,899 | 51 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #1,872 | 48 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #1,753 | 50 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,820 | 45 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | #1,567 | 51 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #1,501 | 50 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #1,419 | 49 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #1,458 | 43 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #1,596 | 38 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #1,965 | 28 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Elan! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elan is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Colorado#770 · 1 in 5,459
- Washington#932 · 1 in 7,261
- New York#957 · 1 in 7,903
- California#1,013 · 1 in 11,014
- Illinois#1,069 · 1 in 9,486
Best ever in a state: #593 in Massachusetts, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Colorado | #770 | 5 | 1 in 5,459 |
| Washington | #932 | 5 | 1 in 7,261 |
| New York | #957 | 13 | 1 in 7,903 |
| California | #1,013 | 21 | 1 in 11,014 |
| Illinois | #1,069 | 7 | 1 in 9,486 |
| Ohio | #1,189 | 5 | 1 in 12,057 |
| Florida | #1,645 | 5 | 1 in 19,202 |
| Texas | #1,869 | 7 | 1 in 26,650 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elan
- 157 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #2,480)
- 558 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #2,480)
- 1,027 spots since 2015 (#1,453 → #2,480)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2011 at #1,264 (136 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,965 boys born in 2011 were named Elan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,631 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.9% of all boys named Elan (1,234) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1969, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50 | #2,200 (1968) | #3,168 |
| 1970s | 201 | #1,598 (1979) | #2,290 |
| 1980s | 394 | #1,419 (1986) | #1,676 |
| 1990s | 441 | #1,753 (1994) | #1,957 |
| 2000s | 794 | #1,466 (2003) | #1,694 |
| 2010s | 1,234 | #1,264 (2011) | #1,395 |
| 2020s | 419 | #1,710 (2021) | #2,152 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elan in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 99,242 of them was named Elan, which outranked 65.1% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,451Ziara19
- #6,451Zoejane19
- #6,451Zunaira19
- #6,713Elan18
- #6,713Aamina18
- #6,713Aashritha18
- #6,713Abi18
- #6,987Aaliyha17
- #6,987Aalyah17
- #6,987Aarini17
Tied with 273 names at #6,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 14,663 of them was named Elan, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,321Leeland132
- #1,321Marquise132
- #1,321Noble132
- #1,329Elan131
- #1,329Bear131
- #1,329Izaac131
- #1,329Leyton131
- #1,334Ajay130
- #1,334Atreyu130
- #1,334Deion130
Tied with 4 names at #1,329; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.