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Elham

#10,321 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Inspiration

Elham has been given to 445 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #10,321 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Elham, 2025

1 in 368,000

Elham over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Elham over time

In 2025, Elham went to 50% girls and 50% boys.

19742025

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.

Elham: meaning, origin, and history

Inspiration

Arabic and Persian

What Elham means

Elham means “inspiration”, associated with ʔilhām.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Persian الهام (elhâm), itself borrowed from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Elham (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Elham is used in English. Its origins include Arabic and Persian.

Elham comes through Persian الهام and Arabic إِلْهَام.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 344 girls were recorded with the name Elham between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,745 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,092 in 2020 to #10,321 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,158 in 2015 to #10,321 in 2025.

In the United States, 101 boys were recorded with the name Elham between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2024; its best national rank was #6,267 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,670 in 2020 to #8,440 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,786 in 2015 to #8,440 in 2025.

How common is Elham?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,321
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elham sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elham. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elhams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elham was born before 2004 — so the typical Elham is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
344
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2010s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (83).

Is Elham 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
+5,639
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,229
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+837
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.0%
Peak was 2019 (15)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,745
1978

Spellings of Elham

Elham is not the most common spelling — Ella is, with 73.7% against Elham's 0.07%.

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 Elham is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Elham was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 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. Elham has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Elham around the world

Where Elham 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 & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • France
    1971–2020
    #5,909
    in 2020
  • Canada
    2007–2023
    #2,222
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2000–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS 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.

Elham by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,321
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,229
Best rank ever
#4,745
1978
Peak year
2019
15 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
344
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,440
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 770
Best rank ever
#6,267
2024
Peak year
2024
14 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
101
Count in 2025
9

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

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Sibling names for Elham

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

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