Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Elan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Elan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Elan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Elan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Elan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Elan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 -100%
1969 29 0.000008345 19 10 31%
1970 35 0.000009705 15 20 -14%
1971 27 0.000007866 8 19 -41%
1972 20 0.000006363 7 13 -30%
1973 16 0.000005303 7 9 -13%
1974 26 0.000008553 9 17 -31%
1975 22 0.000007286 6 16 -45%
1976 25 0.000008239 7 18 -44%
1977 38 0.000011963 11 27 -42%
1978 37 0.000011658 11 26 -41%
1979 47 0.000014127 11 36 -53%
1980 44 0.000012774 16 28 -27%
1981 38 0.000010985 8 30 -58%
1982 51 0.000014538 13 38 -49%
1983 42 0.000012127 9 33 -57%
1984 84 0.000024077 41 43 -2%
1985 41 0.000011487 16 25 -22%
1986 72 0.000020241 23 49 -36%
1987 65 0.000018027 18 47 -45%
1988 60 0.000016238 10 50 -67%
1989 70 0.000018208 19 51 -46%
1990 57 0.000014421 19 38 -33%
1991 46 0.000011809 16 30 -30%
1992 58 0.000015099 13 45 -55%
1993 55 0.000014588 20 35 -27%
1994 60 0.000016139 10 50 -67%
1995 59 0.000016111 15 44 -49%
1996 58 0.000015903 10 48 -66%
1997 61 0.000016824 11 50 -64%
1998 71 0.000019303 20 51 -44%
1999 70 0.00001895 20 50 -43%
2000 79 0.0000209 24 55 -39%
2001 83 0.000022172 8 75 -81%
2002 84 0.00002247 16 68 -62%
2003 99 0.000026037 10 89 -80%
2004 86 0.000022508 18 68 -58%
2005 87 0.000022628 10 77 -77%
2006 83 0.00002098 8 75 -81%
2007 119 0.000029767 12 107 -80%
2008 109 0.000027731 22 87 -60%
2009 100 0.000026177 7 93 -86%
2010 135 0.000036529 26 109 -61%
2011 152 0.000041555 16 136 -79%
2012 153 0.000041833 22 131 -71%
2013 150 0.000041145 23 127 -69%
2014 148 0.000039931 18 130 -76%
2015 134 0.000036207 18 116 -73%
2016 142 0.000038706 17 125 -76%
2017 142 0.000039707 12 130 -83%
2018 130 0.000036975 14 116 -78%
2019 125 0.000036013 12 113 -81%
2020 82 0.000024547 6 76 -85%
2021 103 0.000030402 8 95 -84%
2022 91 0.000026898 10 81 -78%
2023 73 0.000022046 10 63 -73%
2024 58 0.000017425 8 50 -72%

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