# Elham (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elham/  
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 | Persian |
| Meaning | “inspiration” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 445 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 101 / 344 (77% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 213, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Persian الهام (elhâm), itself borrowed from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”). Related to Ilham.

## 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 | 12 | 9,322 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,513 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,277 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,255 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,163 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,094 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,943 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,310 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,464 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,097 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,624 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,163 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,357 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,965 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,325 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 10,160 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,791 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,996 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,977 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,675 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,423 |
| 2022 | 12 | 6,934 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,882 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,272 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,444 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## 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.