Meaning not yet researched.
Elon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 90 in 2025. Its best rank was #943 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #943 in 2018; #1,780 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,780 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #943.
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Elon: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 90 boys in 2025. Peak: #943 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 234 (2021).
In 2025, 90 US boys were named Elon, making it the 1,780th most common boys’ name of the year, down 523 places from #1,257 in 2024. That is 67 fewer than the 157 boys named Elon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #943, reached in 2018. The most boys given the name in a single year was 234, in 2021. For comparison, it was #1,707 in 2015 and #3,429 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Elon in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,720, reached in 1904. The most girls given the name in a single year was 21, in 1999. For comparison, it was #15,047 in 2015 and #4,430 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elon in 105 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 3,633 US babies have been given the name, 14% of them girls and 86% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,128 babies named Elon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,714 US boys were named Elon; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 234. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,979 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elon ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #1,074 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Elan (4,331 babies since 1880), Ellen (276,029 babies since 1880), Elian (15,380 babies since 1880) and Elin (5,204 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Elon in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,074 | — |
| New York | 10 | #1,150 | #1,025 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,212 | — |
| California | 14 | #1,318 | #1,271 |
| Texas | 14 | #1,364 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 90 | #1,780 |
| 2024 | — | — | 157 | #1,257 |
| 2023 | — | — | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2022 | — | — | 196 | #1,097 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,961 | 234 | #957 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,806 | 189 | #1,060 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,675 | 174 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | — | — | 222 | #943 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,129 | 188 | #1,059 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,320 | 140 | #1,298 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,047 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,264 | 89 | #1,704 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,285 | 34 | #3,209 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,527 | 41 | #2,879 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,328 | 35 | #3,189 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,727 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,579 | 23 | #4,328 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,239 | 35 | #3,241 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,640 | 24 | #4,155 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,435 | 27 | #3,711 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,027 | 20 | #4,370 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,879 | 15 | #5,326 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,709 | 10 | #6,875 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,966 | 21 | #3,953 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,149 | 30 | #3,011 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,749 | 17 | #4,448 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,085 | 14 | #4,846 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,167 | 23 | #3,323 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,259 | 8 | #6,808 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,922 | 13 | #4,687 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,863 | 19 | #3,466 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,050 | 24 | #2,976 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,855 | 16 | #3,881 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,226 | 8 | #6,304 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,589 | 9 | #5,650 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,546 | 18 | #3,356 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,101 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,403 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,235 | 52 | #1,406 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,471 | 31 | #1,931 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,156 | 11 | #3,875 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,541 | 13 | #3,330 |
| 1983 | — | — | 20 | #2,439 |
| 1982 | — | — | 14 | #3,166 |
| 1981 | — | — | 13 | #3,278 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,148 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,418 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,214 | 14 | #2,967 |
| 1977 | — | — | 24 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,557 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,508 |
| 1974 | — | — | 6 | #4,809 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,699 | 6 | #4,680 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,639 | 13 | #2,718 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,704 | 10 | #3,210 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1969 | — | — | 7 | #3,702 |
| 1967 | — | — | 6 | #3,676 |
| 1965 | — | — | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,745 |
| 1963 | — | — | 5 | #4,225 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,845 | 12 | #2,455 |
| 1958 | — | — | 7 | #3,360 |
| 1957 | — | — | 5 | #4,152 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,107 | — | — |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,215 |
| 1952 | — | — | 5 | #3,889 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,653 | 5 | #3,869 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,430 | 6 | #3,429 |
| 1949 | — | — | 5 | #3,844 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,553 | — | — |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,763 |
| 1945 | — | — | 7 | #2,822 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,765 | 13 | #2,018 |
| 1941 | — | — | 8 | #2,714 |
| 1940 | — | — | 8 | #2,725 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,636 |
| 1935 | — | — | 14 | #1,962 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,303 |
| 1933 | — | — | 10 | #2,418 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1929 | — | — | 11 | #2,482 |
| 1928 | — | — | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,019 | 9 | #2,981 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,070 | 11 | #2,619 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,993 | 7 | #3,505 |
| 1924 | — | — | 18 | #1,916 |
| 1923 | — | — | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,527 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,344 | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,548 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,958 | 20 | #1,714 |
| 1918 | — | — | 9 | #2,937 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,798 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,349 | 15 | #1,980 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,539 | 9 | #2,689 |
| 1914 | — | — | 8 | #2,504 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,932 | 7 | #2,338 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,933 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,026 | 5 | #1,818 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,925 | — | — |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,720 | — | — |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #981 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).