Elim**
#6,914 most common boys' name of all time · #17,376 across all names · 60% male / 40% female · used 1997–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,914
Rank overall
#17,376 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
27 of 146
All-time
546
Since 2016
303
Peak year
2024 #4,278
Best rank
#4,232 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Elim first appears in 1997. 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 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #7,979 |
| 2024 | 15 | 25 | 40 | #4,278 |
| 2023 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #6,107 |
| 2022 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #5,342 |
| 2021 | 12 | 21 | 33 | #4,735 |
| 2020 | 9 | 24 | 33 | #4,232 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,304 |
| 2018 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,243 |
| 2017 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #5,708 |
| 2016 | 11 | 24 | 35 | #4,288 |
| 2015 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #4,670 |
| 2014 | 13 | 17 | 30 | #5,418 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #7,364 |
| 2012 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #4,988 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #6,860 |
| 2010 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #7,940 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #13,519 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #8,125 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #13,417 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,117 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,950 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #8,010 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,482 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,519 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | — |