# Elon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elon/  
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 | “oak tree” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːlɔːn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Elan, Ilan, Ilon, Alan, Alon, Eilan, Eilon, Ailan, Ailon |
| US babies named this | 3,633 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,121 / 512 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 192, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אֵילֹן (ʼÊlōn, literally “oak tree”).

## What it means

Elon is grouped under forest.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 20 | 6,435 |
| 2007 | 20 | 6,640 |
| 2008 | 15 | 8,239 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,579 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,727 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9,328 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,527 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,285 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,264 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,047 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,320 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,129 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,675 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,806 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,961 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,189 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,879 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,209 |
| 2014 | 89 | 1,704 |
| 2015 | 91 | 1,707 |
| 2016 | 140 | 1,298 |
| 2017 | 188 | 1,059 |
| 2018 | 222 | 943 |
| 2019 | 174 | 1,124 |
| 2020 | 189 | 1,060 |
| 2021 | 234 | 957 |
| 2022 | 196 | 1,097 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,459 |
| 2024 | 157 | 1,257 |
| 2025 | 90 | 1,780 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Elon

- Elon Musk, American businessman (born 1971)
- Elon Gold, American actor
- Elon Lages Lima, Brazilian mathematician (1929-2017)

## 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.