# Elan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,331 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,533 / 798 (18% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 477, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 7,530 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,965 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,703 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,793 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,806 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,001 |
| 2017 | 12 | 8,940 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,886 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,728 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,909 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,403 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,893 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,804 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,383 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,556 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 136 | 1,266 |
| 2012 | 131 | 1,310 |
| 2013 | 127 | 1,340 |
| 2014 | 131 | 1,330 |
| 2015 | 116 | 1,455 |
| 2016 | 125 | 1,404 |
| 2017 | 130 | 1,367 |
| 2018 | 116 | 1,494 |
| 2019 | 113 | 1,510 |
| 2020 | 76 | 1,927 |
| 2021 | 95 | 1,712 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,923 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,252 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2,644 |
| 2025 | 54 | 2,490 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.