Elkanah
#18,798 most common boys' name of all time · #49,282 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1982–2025
Rank among boys
#18,798
Rank overall
#49,282 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
58
Since 2016
38
Peak year
2019 #10,112
Best rank
#7,259 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 7/yr
Elkanah first appears in 1982. 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.