Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Elke

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Noble, Kind

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Elke

Pronunciation

e-lke, el-ke

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1968 (rank #1267, 75 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10107, 9 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20259
20248
20235
2022–
20219
202010
20197
20186
20179
20169

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

  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #2680, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
20173
20163

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

  • Girls: peak in 1944 (rank #384, 22 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

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