Elchanan

Boys' name

Form of Elhanan

Elchanan has been given to 83 babies in the U.S. since 1981. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Elchanan, 2023

1 in 663,000

Elchanan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elchanan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Elhanan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elchanan means

Elchanan is a form of Elhanan.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Elchanan is used in Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew.

Another recorded pronunciation is /el.χa.ˈnan/ for Elchanan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elhanan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 83 boys were recorded with the name Elchanan between 1981 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2007; its best national rank was #6,566 in 1981.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Elchanan?

Elchanan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elchanan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elchanan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elchanans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elchanan was born before 2013 — so the typical Elchanan is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 34.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 83; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 34.9% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Elchanan 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2007 (7)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 7.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,566; 1981

Where Elchanan is used

Across 1910–2025, Elchanan was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,332,384 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 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. Elchanan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elchanan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,566; 1981
Peak year: 2007; 7 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 83
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Elchanan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Buchanan Elchonon Thienan Yohanan Yochanan Rohnan Caynan Rhonan Chanan Johanan Elhanan Yohannan Kaenan Roanan Canan Keinan Kaanan Rennan Kaynan Fernan Cannan Senan Konan Hanan

Sibling names for Elchanan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Marlen Jaylyn Lupita Rhianna Marin

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Slade Brandt Nevin Davian Isai

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