first name
ELIAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,543 people named Elian, 88.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% as White and 2% as Black. 95.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Elian peaked in 2025, when 2,457 babies got the name.
At least 15,380 babies have been given the name since 1988. 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.
Elian by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #476. The largest share of babies named Elian, 78.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Elian is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elian has been most common in Arizona (4.2×), Texas (3.2×), and Nevada (2.8×), and least common in Missouri (0.16×).
14,216 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.
Either side of Elian
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elian, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Elian ranks #63,263 of 156,621, with 341 people. See Elian as a last name
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