Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elchanan

#16,664 most common boys' name of all time · #43,519 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1981–2023

Rank among boys
#16,664
Rank overall
#43,519 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
83
Since 2016
32
Peak year
2017 #10,056
Best rank
#7,135 1981
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
20002020

Elchanan first appears in 1981. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 5 5 #12,777
2021 — 6 6 #11,194
2020 — 7 7 #9,910
2018 — 7 7 #10,025
2017 — 7 7 #10,056
2015 — 5 5 #12,626
2013 — 5 5 #12,703
2011 — 5 5 #12,892
2009 — 6 6 #11,463
2008 — 6 6 #11,531
2007 — 7 7 #10,185
2001 — 6 6 #9,772
1998 — 6 6 #9,028
1981 — 5 5 #7,135