Elka
#8,701 most common girls' name of all time · #14,527 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1943–2025
Rank among girls
#8,701
Rank overall
#14,527 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
725
Since 2016
161
Peak year
2015 #6,079
Best rank
#3,404 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Elka first appears in 1943. 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 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,569 |
| 2024 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,697 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,317 |
| 2022 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2021 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,235 |
| 2020 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,287 |
| 2019 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,227 |
| 2018 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,573 |
| 2017 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,087 |
| 2016 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,028 |
| 2015 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,079 |
| 2014 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,506 |
| 2013 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,693 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,374 |
| 2011 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,827 |
| 2010 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,966 |
| 2009 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,959 |
| 2008 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,601 |
| 2007 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,611 |
| 2006 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,070 |
| 2004 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,374 |
| 2003 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,640 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,912 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,464 |
| 2000 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,923 |
| 1999 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,819 |
| 1998 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,702 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,021 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,232 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,919 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,689 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,756 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,550 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,585 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,034 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,937 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,876 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,668 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,368 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,974 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,594 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,677 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,763 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,719 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,161 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,312 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,870 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,637 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,317 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,617 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,404 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,352 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,579 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,866 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,565 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,271 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,031 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,405 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,319 |