Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Elan

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
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Alternate Spellings and Variants of Elan

Pronunciation

e-lan

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #1261, 136 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2480, 54 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1984 (rank #2340, 41 births); most recent 2025 (rank #14942, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025545
2024508
20236310
20228110
2021958
2020766
201911312
201811614
201713012
201612517

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #1788, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #1251, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2439, 11 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025511
202446
202368
202237
202167
2020410
2019710
201869
201797
201698

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #2399, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4157, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20234
20223
20217
2020–
20195
20184
20174
201610
20153
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence