Ekam
#3,778 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ekam has been given to 675 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #3,778 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.
Babies named Ekam, 2025
1 in 114,000
Ekam over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Ekam over time
In 2025, Ekam went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Ekam?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 114,000
- 29 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 58,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #3,778
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 79,239 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ekam sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ekam. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ekams were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ekam was born before 2018 — so the typical Ekam is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 56.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 519
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 56.8% of all recorded uses (295).
Is Ekam rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −371
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −420
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −526
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.83×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 63.0%
- Peak was 2019 (46)
- Years since peak
- 6
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.1% average annual change
Spellings of Ekam
Ekam is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 38.0% against Ekam's 0.03%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Ekam is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Ekam was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 177,049 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Indiana1 in —
- 3New York1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ekam has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Ekam is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Ekam was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 254,171 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ekam has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Ekam around the world
Where Ekam ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2002–2025#1,035in 2025
- Scotland2017–2020#711in 2020
- France2019–2023#5,109in 2023
- Canada2004–2024#547in 2024
- South Australia2010–2013#754in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Ekam by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Ekam
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ekam
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.