# Elke (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elke/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,116 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,116 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 11,546 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,402 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,648 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,331 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,184 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,167 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,117 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,946 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,319 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,839 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,761 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,518 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,864 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,393 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,330 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Elke

- Elke Sommer, German-born American actress (1940–2026)
- Elke Kahr, Austrian politician
- Elke Winkens, German actress
- Elke Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
- Elke Sehmisch, East German swimmer
- Elke Heidenreich, German author and journalist (born 1943)
- Elke Karsten, Argentine handball player
- Elke Drüll, German field hockey player
- Elke Büdenbender, German lawyer
- Elke Van Gorp, Belgian association football player
- Elke Aberle, German actress
- Elke Gebhardt, German cyclist

## 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.