Elke
#6,542 most common girls' name of all time · #11,032 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1953–2025
Rank among girls
#6,542
Rank overall
#11,032 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,116
Since 2016
72
Peak year
1968 #1,254
Best rank
#1,254 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 77/yr
Elke first appears in 1953. 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 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,263 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,553 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,448 |
| 2020 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,697 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,684 |
| 2018 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,071 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,873 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,023 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,039 |
| 2014 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,143 |
| 2013 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,168 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,195 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,074 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,404 |
| 2009 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,107 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,881 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,869 |
| 2006 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,032 |
| 2005 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,582 |
| 2004 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,360 |
| 2003 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,152 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,635 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,815 |
| 2000 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,147 |
| 1999 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,942 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,017 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,112 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,744 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,827 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,773 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,800 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,413 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,653 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,300 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,555 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,157 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,315 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,967 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,259 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,052 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,561 |
| 1979 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,113 |
| 1978 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,973 |
| 1977 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,536 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,903 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,849 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,068 |
| 1973 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1972 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,762 |
| 1971 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,130 |
| 1970 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,699 |
| 1969 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,781 |
| 1968 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1967 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,504 |
| 1966 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,566 |
| 1965 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,592 |
| 1964 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,107 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,615 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,340 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,820 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,726 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,964 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,961 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,399 |