Elon*
#2,168 most common boys' name of all time · #5,192 across all names · 86% male / 14% female · used 1885–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,168
Rank overall
#5,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
3,633
Since 2016
1,746
Peak year
2021 #958
Best rank
#942 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 239/yr
Elon first appears in 1885. 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 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,780 |
| 2024 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,257 |
| 2023 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,458 |
| 2022 | — | 196 | 196 | #1,098 |
| 2021 | 5 | 234 | 239 | #958 |
| 2020 | 5 | 189 | 194 | #1,059 |
| 2019 | 8 | 174 | 182 | #1,123 |
| 2018 | — | 222 | 222 | #942 |
| 2017 | 7 | 188 | 195 | #1,059 |
| 2016 | 7 | 140 | 147 | #1,296 |
| 2015 | 6 | 91 | 97 | #1,707 |
| 2014 | 9 | 89 | 98 | #1,703 |
| 2013 | 9 | 34 | 43 | #3,191 |
| 2012 | 6 | 41 | 47 | #2,872 |
| 2011 | 12 | 35 | 47 | #3,171 |
| 2010 | 19 | 31 | 50 | #3,457 |
| 2009 | 14 | 23 | 37 | #4,289 |
| 2008 | 15 | 35 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2007 | 20 | 24 | 44 | #4,134 |
| 2006 | 20 | 27 | 47 | #3,695 |
| 2005 | 14 | 20 | 34 | #4,333 |
| 2004 | 17 | 15 | 32 | #5,263 |
| 2003 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #6,748 |
| 2002 | 13 | 21 | 34 | #3,918 |
| 2001 | 18 | 30 | 48 | #2,998 |
| 2000 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #4,404 |
| 1999 | 21 | 14 | 35 | #4,782 |
| 1998 | 11 | 23 | 34 | #3,302 |
| 1997 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #6,654 |
| 1996 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #4,637 |
| 1995 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #3,446 |
| 1994 | 9 | 24 | 33 | #2,956 |
| 1993 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #3,839 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,170 |
| 1991 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #5,547 |
| 1990 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #3,336 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,042 |
| 1988 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,384 |
| 1987 | 6 | 52 | 58 | #1,402 |
| 1986 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #1,926 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,833 |
| 1984 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #3,290 |
| 1983 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,424 |
| 1982 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,133 |
| 1981 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,240 |
| 1980 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,119 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,381 |
| 1978 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,950 |
| 1977 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,020 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,498 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,459 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,689 |
| 1973 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #4,571 |
| 1972 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,684 |
| 1971 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #3,187 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,767 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,640 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,619 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,581 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,660 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,112 |
| 1961 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,446 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,327 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,066 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,014 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,196 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,801 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1950 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,389 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,751 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,729 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,795 |
| 1944 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,023 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,720 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,715 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1935 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,961 |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,296 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,410 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,066 |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,487 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 1927 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,959 |
| 1926 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,609 |
| 1925 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #3,450 |
| 1924 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,924 |
| 1923 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,353 |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,509 |
| 1921 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,001 |
| 1920 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,804 |
| 1919 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #1,716 |
| 1918 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,917 |
| 1917 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,211 |
| 1916 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #1,979 |
| 1915 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #2,667 |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,507 |
| 1913 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #2,331 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,939 |
| 1911 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #1,828 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,134 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,063 |