How rare is the name Elan?

3,834 people in the United States have the first name Elan, about 1 in 78,777. It ranks #4,737 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ELAN

#4,737

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,834
About
1 in 78,777
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,834 people named Elan, 54.9% reported their origin as White, 17.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.2% as Black. 78.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elan peaked in 2012, when 153 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
153
In 2025*
59 ▼61%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 4,331 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,798. The largest share of babies named Elan, 36.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#7,82269
1970s#4,165293
1980s#3,140567
1990s#3,812595
2000s#3,506929
2010s#2,7981,412
2020s#4,196466
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9621.1%
Generation Z 1997–1236.3%
2013 and later33.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Elan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elan has been most common in New York (4×), California (3.6×), and Florida (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.64×).

1,905 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Elan

2 other first names also have 3,834 people.

#4,737 Aram · 3,834#4,737 Nitin · 3,834

Either side of Elan

#4,734 Sister · 3,836#4,737 Aram · 3,834#4,737 Nitin · 3,834#4,740 Bayleigh · 3,833

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elan, most common first.

#2,706 Elana · 8,659#3,260 Elian · 6,543#3,874 Elin · 5,072#7,030 Elon · 2,218#7,683 Elam · 1,961#10,174 Elen · 1,324#12,037 Elani · 1,047#12,954 Elane · 944

Also a last name

As a last name, Elan ranks #74,428 of 156,621, with 280 people. See Elan as a last name

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