Elkin
#8,969 most common boys' name of all time · #22,673 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among boys
#8,969
Rank overall
#22,673 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
344
Since 2016
117
Peak year
2021 #4,644
Best rank
#3,187 1922
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Elkin first appears in 1914. 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 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,175 |
| 2024 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,934 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,337 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,910 |
| 2021 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,847 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,191 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,089 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,212 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,671 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,189 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,272 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,896 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,838 |
| 2010 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,285 |
| 2008 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,083 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,993 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,961 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,616 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,608 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,727 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,438 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,242 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,926 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,574 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,429 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,086 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,263 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,051 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,778 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,289 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,897 |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,187 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,431 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,590 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,655 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,580 |