Elan*
#1,912 most common boys' name of all time · #4,622 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1963–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,912
Rank overall
#4,622 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
4,331
Since 2016
1,005
Peak year
2012 #1,309
Best rank
#1,267 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 153/yr
Elan first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #2,492 |
| 2024 | 8 | 50 | 58 | #2,650 |
| 2023 | 10 | 63 | 73 | #2,258 |
| 2022 | 10 | 81 | 91 | #1,926 |
| 2021 | 8 | 95 | 103 | #1,716 |
| 2020 | 6 | 76 | 82 | #1,925 |
| 2019 | 12 | 113 | 125 | #1,510 |
| 2018 | 14 | 116 | 130 | #1,495 |
| 2017 | 12 | 130 | 142 | #1,370 |
| 2016 | 17 | 125 | 142 | #1,404 |
| 2015 | 18 | 116 | 134 | #1,455 |
| 2014 | 18 | 131 | 149 | #1,330 |
| 2013 | 23 | 127 | 150 | #1,343 |
| 2012 | 22 | 131 | 153 | #1,309 |
| 2011 | 16 | 136 | 152 | #1,267 |
| 2010 | 26 | 109 | 135 | #1,496 |
| 2009 | 7 | 93 | 100 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 22 | 87 | 109 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 12 | 107 | 119 | #1,493 |
| 2006 | 8 | 75 | 83 | #1,832 |
| 2005 | 10 | 77 | 87 | #1,736 |
| 2004 | 18 | 68 | 86 | #1,824 |
| 2003 | 10 | 89 | 99 | #1,472 |
| 2002 | 16 | 68 | 84 | #1,714 |
| 2001 | 8 | 75 | 83 | #1,595 |
| 2000 | 24 | 55 | 79 | #1,910 |
| 1999 | 20 | 50 | 70 | #1,949 |
| 1998 | 20 | 51 | 71 | #1,915 |
| 1997 | 11 | 50 | 61 | #1,880 |
| 1996 | 10 | 48 | 58 | #1,894 |
| 1995 | 15 | 44 | 59 | #1,931 |
| 1994 | 10 | 50 | 60 | #1,765 |
| 1993 | 20 | 35 | 55 | #2,235 |
| 1992 | 13 | 45 | 58 | #1,836 |
| 1991 | 16 | 30 | 46 | #2,388 |
| 1990 | 19 | 38 | 57 | #1,999 |
| 1989 | 19 | 51 | 70 | #1,580 |
| 1988 | 10 | 50 | 60 | #1,513 |
| 1987 | 18 | 47 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1986 | 23 | 49 | 72 | #1,433 |
| 1985 | 16 | 25 | 41 | #2,209 |
| 1984 | 41 | 43 | 84 | #1,476 |
| 1983 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #1,741 |
| 1982 | 13 | 38 | 51 | #1,618 |
| 1981 | 8 | 30 | 38 | #1,888 |
| 1980 | 16 | 28 | 44 | #1,997 |
| 1979 | 11 | 36 | 47 | #1,627 |
| 1978 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #1,952 |
| 1977 | 11 | 27 | 38 | #1,896 |
| 1976 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #2,614 |
| 1974 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #2,444 |
| 1973 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #3,613 |
| 1972 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #2,793 |
| 1971 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #2,194 |
| 1970 | 15 | 20 | 35 | #2,051 |
| 1969 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #3,045 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,972 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,891 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,010 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,582 |